Animals' Names in Spanish Trivia Quiz

Answer: serpiente

Sediento means "thirsty"; suelo (el suelo) means "ground, floor"; and salamandra (la salamandra) means "salamander".
"Serpiente" (la serpiente) comes from the Latin "serpens, -entis", from "serpere" which means to crawl, to slither. In ancient Greece, the snake represented the health.

Answer: cerdo

Cerro (el cerro) is a small hill; censo (el censo) means "census" and credo (el credo) means "creed, beliefs".
"Cerdo" (el cerdo) comes from the word "cerda", which means "thick hair". The word "cerda" comes from the Latin "setula", which derives from "seta" meaning "thick hair".

Answer: halcón

Águila (el águila) means "eagle"; buitre (el buitre) means "vulture" and cuervo (el cuervo) means "raven, crow".
The word halcón (el halcón) comes from the Latin "falco, -onis".

Answer: gato

A "gaita" (la gaita) is a bagpipe. "Gatillo" (el gatillo) means trigger and "gateo" (el gateo) means crawling.
"Gato" (el gato) comes from the Latin word "cattus".

Answer: mono

Modo (el modo) means "way, manner"; moto (la moto) is the short form of "motocicleta" which means "motorbike" and mano (la mano) means "hand".
The origin of the word "mono" (el mono) is not well known. It is thought to be an abbreviation of the word "mamona" which comes from the Arab "maimun" = happy.

Answer: lobo

Lodo (el lodo) means "mud, sludge"; lomo (el lomo) is the back of an animal and loto (el loto) is the lottus flower. Loto is also a familiar way of calling a type of lottery in Spain.

Lobo (el lobo) comes from the Latin word "lupus".

Answer: zorro

Morro (el morro) means "snout"; carro (el carro) means "cart" and romo (el romo) means "blunt".
The fox (el zorro) symbolizes shrewdness, slyness.

Answer: cigüeña

"Pájaro" (el pájaro) is a bird. "Avestruz" (el avestruz) means ostrich. "Flamenco" (el flamenco) can have different meanings. If you are talking about music, "flamenco" is the so well known art of dancing, singing and playing guitar from Spain; its origins lie with the gypsies, and there are also Arabic and North African influences. "Flamenco" refers also to the Flemish language from Belgium. Finally, "flamenco" means also flamingo.
"Cigüeña" (la cigüeña) derives from the Latin "ciconia".

Answer: oso

Oro (el oro) means "gold"; huso (el huso) means "spindle" and óseo means "bony".
The word "oso" (el oso) derives from the Latin word "ursus". You can find this word in the scientific names of the constellations The Great Bear or Greater Bear (Ursa major) and The Little Bear or Lesser Bear (Ursa minor).

Answer: loro

Parra (la parra) means "vine"; perra (la perra) is a female dog and lado (el lado) means "side".
The word "loro" (el loro) has its origin in the Caribbean word "roro".