Vocab Flash: mascotas en coloquial (B1)
Vocab flash: habla coloquial sobre mascotas con 5 expresiones clave.
Dannis“Ayer adopté un perrete”. ¿Qué significa perrete aquí?
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Remember: Spanish speakers love using diminutives for pets — it sounds more tender.
Perrete is an affectionate, colloquial form of perro, often used to talk about your own dog with tenderness. See the example: “¡qué ricura de perrete!”.
We’re looking for a word for a naughty, mischievous animal.
Trasto literally means “junk”, but in colloquial speech it’s used about a restless child/pet: “mi perro es un trasto”.
Think of a “treat” or “goodie” for pets.
Chuche is the colloquial form of chuchería; in the context of pets it means a “treat” they get for good comportamiento: “darle una chuche”.
Look for the context of a naughty pet, not insects.
Bicho can mean “insect/animal”, but it’s also used affectionately for a naughty little creature (also ‘bichillo’): “mi perro es un bichillo”. Here it’s about a mischievous dog — an affectionate use.
It’s not a serious illness, just feeling a bit under the weather.
Estar pachucho means to feel unwell, a bit under the weather; it’s also said about animals: “El perro anda pachucho…”.
Think of the colloquial abbreviation pet owners use in Spain.
Vete is a colloquial shortened form of “veterinario”: “tengo que llevar al vete al gato”. For a colloquial style we choose “vete”.
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