"It is a puppy."

Translation: El este un cățel.

[Platta2]

Even though "puppy" is masculine (and "dog"), if the puppy/dog in question is a female dog, can the word be changed to feminine? In Spanish, it's taught that "dog", "puppy", "cat", etc. are masculine nouns, but then in real life, if you have a female animal, you can change the word to feminine.

[spektrix]

Why is "Este o cățel" wrong? I thought I wrote it down from another sentence I'd seen before plus "o" was one of the options for translating "a" from English. Thanks!

[Caesar_Imperator]

Cățel, just like câine, is a masculine noun:

un cățel, doi căței

un câine, doi câini

You use "o" for feminine nouns only. Example:

pisică - cat

o pisică - one cat/a cat (it depends)

[spektrix]

Thank you! I must have written it down wrong, then. Don't remember where I saw it.

[Caesar_Imperator]

You're welcome! Just remember the course is still in beta, it is far from perfect. If you see something that seems wrong, you can always report it.

[DornenEngel]

so, un căţel(uş) is a puppy and un căţel de usturoi is a bunch of garlic?

what's the etymology behind it? Someone knows?

[Nick855200]

why catelus and not catel