The Spanish equivalent of fur baby, an affectionate term for one’s pets, is perrijo or perrija, a combination of perro, “dog,” and hijo or hija, meaning “son” or “daughter.” This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Perrijo/Perrija = Fur Baby”
The Spanish word for dog is perro and the Spanish word for son is hijo and a lot of people are using the term perrijo now to mean you know your little fur baby. Oh, that’s so cute, a little fur baby, right?
My perrito is named Osito.
Oh, you have a little bear.
I do.
I’ve seen bear.
He is the handsomest devil I’ve ever met.
Oh, I’ve never met him, actually.
The man deserves to be, like, bronzed.
He is a very attractive dog.
I like to say, who needs elf on a shelf when you have bear on a chair just watching everything?
He’s very cute.
Well, send us your language questions and your pictures of your perrijos and your gatijos to words@waywordradio.org.
