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Yo sé que hay artículos específicas con animales, como 'la tortuga' o 'el gato', pero tengo una pregunta. Si yo tenga un gato que es una hembra, todavía es 'el gato'? Hay una manera en que pueda explicar el género del gato? O no es importante?

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updated Aug 23, 2009
posted by unraveled

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la gata=hembra (just called female cat) el gato=varón (tomcat)

gallo (rooster), gallina (hen)

pato (drake) pata (hen)

perro (just a male dog), perra (bitch)

toro (bull), vaca (cow)

semental (stallion), yegua (mare)

Sometimes it's just a matter of changing the ending, sometimes it's an entirely different word for the male and the female, sometimes it's invariant.

It's similar to English: confusing, no pattern. ( in some species the female is just called hembra)

I don't think la tortuga tells you anything about sex, that is just a matter of the word's gender.

la tortuga macho y la tortuga hembra

animal names according to sex

updated Aug 23, 2009
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
gracias! - unraveled, Aug 21, 2009
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¡Un gato femenino es una Gata!

updated Aug 21, 2009
posted by Mike-LaMar