「カバ」は hippopotamus ですが、長いので基本は hippo と呼ばれてます。
例：
Have you ever seen a real hippo?
[本物](https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/44055/)のカバを[見た](https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/uknow/questions/87403/)ことはありますか？
ちなみにですが I want a hippopotamus for Christmas というクリスマスソングがあります。古いですが面白い曲なので聞いてみてはいかがでしょうか。
Hippo is short for hippopotamus.
The common hippopotamus, or hippo, is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa.
herbivorous - is an animal that gets its energy from eating plants, and only plants.
A hippopotamus is a large, herbivorous mammal in Africa.
Hippo is the abbreviation of hippopotamus.
Sentence:
I saw a hippo at a game reserve in Africa.
hippopotamusはアフリカにいる大きな草食哺乳類です。
Hippoはhippopotamusの略です。
文章:
I saw a hippo at a game reserve in Africa.（アフリカの動物保護区でカバを見た ）
The hungry hippo stalked the watering hole for food.
Hippo is an abbreviation of hippopotamus. We usually say hippo because it is shorter and easier to pronounce.
We say the phrase "hungry as hippo" because they have insatiable hunger. This phrase is used to describe someone who is greedy and eats too much.
"Hippo"とは、"hippopotamus"の省略形です。
普通、短くて言いやすいので"hippo"と言います。
カバは貪欲な食欲なので"hungry as hippo"と言うフレーズがあります。これは、カバのように貪欲に食べるという意味です。
Hippopotamus- large thick-skinned semiaquatic African mammal, with massive jaws and large tusks.
Hippo is an shorter way of saying hippopotamus :-)
I hope this helps :-)
hippopotamus - a very large animal with short legs and thick, dark grey skin that lives near water in Africa.
Hippo - is an abbreviation (a short form of a word or phrase) of the name Hippopotamus.
The hippopotamus, or hippo, is a large, mostly plant/grass eating mammal. It is partially water dwelling. Hippos are native to Africa. There are only two species in the hippo family, the other being the pygmy hippo.
「カバ」は英語で「hippopotamus」と言います。名前が長いのでよく「hippo」と略して言います。
I saw a hippo at the zoo.
動物園でカバを見たんだ。
My favorite animal is the hippopotamus.
一番好きな動物はカバです。
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas.
クリスマスにカバがほしい。
ぜひご参考にしてみてください。
カバはhippopotamusと言いますが皆いつもhippoっと言ってる。
発音はヒッポーです。簡単ですね。
動物園行って、一番見える動物はカバです
When going to the zoo, the first animal I see is the hippo
カバって何キロだろう？
I wonder how much a hippo weighs?
What is that animal?
It looks like a Rhino but it doesn't have a horn.
Then it must be a hippo, right?
Probably.
I hope this helps.
Have a great day.
Will.
Situations where this word/phrase is used: social, business, formal, informal, when discussing wildlife, the zoo, animals under threat
Type of word/phrase: standard language, zoological.
Example of this word/phrase:
"Whilst on safari in Kenya we saw hippos at their watering hole."
Hippopotamus: Hippos are the third-largest living land mammal, after elephants and white rhinos.
The Hippopotamus lives in swarm like areas with large bodies of water.
A hippo example sentence: I was excited to see the hippo rolling around in the mud while I was at the zoo.
A hippopotamus example sentence: The zookeeper was injured by the hippopotamus.
「カバ」は英語で hippopotamus と言います。
長いので、基本的には hippo と略して呼ばれることが多いです。
例：
I saw a hippo yesterday.
私は昨日、カバを見ました。
複数形は hippos と言うことができます。
例：
Look at those hippos in the water.
あの水の中のカバを見てよ。
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