When in spain?

Question

what is a pet shop called?

and why couldnt i find one?, i looked everywhere.

Answer 1

Tienda de mascotas or tienda de animales is what pet shops are usually called in Spain. Pet shops are usually found in shopping centres. However, the Spanish have quite a bad reputation when it comes to the treatment of animals and the Spanish government has recently tightened up the rules with regards to pet shops. That might explain why a lot of them are closed now!!

Answer 2

Your main problem is probably that the word 'pet' means 'f**t' / ('breaking wind') in Catalan!

I've just looked in my yellow pages and you will find them under 'Animales de Compania (venta y Accesorios)', (sorry i have no  ~ to go over the n)

I have nothing to add but to say that ytf is correct.

P.s Tuesday.

1. What doe pet mean then?

2. Yellow pages in Spain are obviously wrong. Tell them!

Why else the thumbs down?

I read on and the two chicas are completely correct! The laws regarding cruelty to animals such as dumping them have been tightened. I am not an animal lover but facts are facts.

Wayne has asked a sensible and intelligent question. What is the problem with you lot? Anyone got the guts to answer?

Answer 3

several ways:

Tienda de animales (lit. shop of animal)

Tienda de/para mascotas(lit. shop of/for pets)

La pajareria (from "pajaro" bird)

Answer 4

It is called " Tienda de animales" sometimes in "pajarerias" (literally "bird shops") you can find things for other kind of animals too. I don't really know where exactly you were but here in my town ( located in Costa del Sol) we have at least 6. Next time check in Paginas Amarillas ( yellow pages) beforehand. Have a nice day!

Answer 5

A lot of the big garden centres sell pets and they open on a Sunday...

Answer 6

I dont know what you're looking for but all big supermarkets sell pet food and some Carrefour have a separate section of animals and animal care such as dog grooming.

Answer 7

Pet shop is Tienda de mascotas.

You can found one in everywhere... i say all cities in Spain have pet shops... so is easy find one.

Ciao and lucky!!

Answer 8

La Pajareria.

Answer 9

Its called a butchers in Spain.

Answer 10

Where are you in Spain?

Where i am theres one that says pet shop

ill try find what it is in spanish but many places have Spanish & English on there sign

Answer 11

I have been to several pet shops while in Spain, but I guess I never paid attention to what it was called, so this is a good question. I checked online and found that the most popular terms are "tienda de animales" (animal store) or "tienda de mascotas" (pet shop).  I also saw "tienda de animales de compañía" (companion animals store).