Does your dog speak Spanish? Pet commands in five languages

What’s the best way to look super cool at the dog park? Telling your canine companion to ‘stay’ in another language, of course.

So the next time you’re looking to infuse some language learning into your daily lifestyle, try adding some of these commands into your usual pet-training routine:

• Siéntate. (transcribed SYEHNtahteh., meaning “Sit.”)
• Échate. (transcribed EHchahteh., meaning “Down.”)
• Quieto. (transcribed KYEHtoh., meaning “Stay.”)
• Aquí. (transcribed ahKEE., meaning “Come.”)

• Assis. (transcribed asee., meaning “Sit.”)
• Couché. (transcribed kooshay., meaning “Down.”)
• Attends. (transcribed ata(n)., meaning “Stay.”)
• Viens. (transcribed vya(n)., meaning “Come.”)

• Sitz (transcribed zitz., meaning “Sit.”)
• Platz (transcribed pluts., meaning “Down.”)
• Bleib (transcribed blyeb., meaning “Stay.”)
• Hier (transcribed HEEa., meaning “Come.”)

• Seduto/a (transcribed sehDOOtoh/ah., meaning “Sit.”)
• A terra (transcribed ah TEHRrah., meaning “Down.”)
• Resta (transcribed REHstah., meaning “Stay.”)
• Vieni (transcribed VYEHnee., meaning “Come.”)

• Senta (transcribed SEHNtah., meaning “Sit.”)
• Deita (transcribed DAYtah., meaning “Down.”)
• Fica (transcribed FEEkah., meaning “Stay.”)
• Vem (transcribed vehn., meaning “Come.”)

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