This month’s cat vocabulary is the word growl. When a cat growls it is a warning sign. They are warning us away from them. Usually any cat I live with won’t growl at me. They know me pretty well and trust me.
Sometimes they will. Once Sir Socks growled at me when I kept bothering while he was taking a nap. So, I left him alone to sleep. He’s right I can be too silly for my own good at times.
Other strange cats have growled at me in the past. They didn’t know me and wasn’t sure what I would do to them. I stepped back and left them alone. Cats do come with sharp teeth and sharp claws. They can and will defend themselves when necessary.
Saying Growl in European Languages (source)
Language Ways to say growl
Albanian: ankohem
Basque: Growl
Belarusian: рык
Bosnian: režanje
Bulgarian: ръмжене
Catalan: grunyit
Croatian: režanje
Czech: zavrčení
Danish: knurre
Dutch: grommen
Estonian: urin
Finnish: murista
French: grognement
Galician: rosmar
German: knurren
Greek: γκρινιάζω(nkriniázo)
Hungarian: morgás
Icelandic: Growl
Irish : growl
Italian: ringhiare
Latvian: rūkt
Lithuanian: urgzti
Macedonian: режењето
Maltese: growl
Norwegian: knurre
Polish: warczeć
Portuguese: rosnar
Romanian: hârâit
Russian: рычание(rychaniye)
Serbian: режање(rezhanje)
Slovak: zavrčanie
Slovenian: Rezanje
Spanish: gruñido
Swedish: morra
Ukrainian: гарчання(harchannya)
Welsh: growl
Yiddish: וואָרטשען
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