noun · #452
animal
Example: ¿Qué animal te gusta más?
Which animal do you like best?
Spanish → English
el animal
el animal is Spanish for animal.
What el animal means
How common is it?
el animal is ranked #452 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It sits in the second half of the list: still everyday vocabulary, but you will meet it less often than the first two hundred.
Nearby on the frequency list
Words with a similar frequency to el animal — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- el río — river
- el mar — sea
- la isla — island
- la flor — flower
- la mañana siguiente — the next morning
- el rato — a while
See all 500 most common Spanish words
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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22