Polyglot Dictionary

fauna

/ˈfauna/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. fauna

    • La fauna es variada.

      The fauna is varied.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

zoología

Fauna is the animal life itself; zoología is the science that studies it (same pattern as botánica/flora).

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

fauna

fauna is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "fauna."

Practice

1 What does fauna mean?

2 Fill the gap: La ___ es variada.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fauna?

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