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"Parakeet" is a noun which is often translated as "el perico", and "budgie" is a noun which is often translated as "el periquito". Learn more about the difference between "parakeet" and "budgie" below.
parakeet(
peh
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ruh
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kit
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (animal)
b. el periquito (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Although parrots and parakeets are related, parrots are better talkers than parakeets.Aunque los loros y los periquitos están emparentado, los loros hablan mejor que los periquitos.
budgie(
buh
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ji
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (colloquial) (animal)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. el periquito (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I went to the pet store to get some birdseed for my budgie.Fui a la tienda de mascotas por alpiste para mi periquito.
