El veterinario revisa el pelaje y la pata.

Spanish uses articles much more often than English.

In this sentence, el pelaje and la pata are natural because Spanish usually includes an article before nouns, even when English does not. With body parts and things closely connected to a person or animal, Spanish often prefers the rather than a possessive like its.

So:

• el pelaje = the fur / coat
• la pata = the paw / leg

Even if English might say The vet checks the animal’s fur and paw, Spanish commonly says El veterinario revisa el pelaje y la pata.

Pelaje means an animal’s fur, coat, or overall hair covering.

It is related to pelo, which means hair, but they are not always used the same way:

• pelo = hair in general
• pelaje = the fur/coat of an animal

So in a veterinary context, pelaje sounds very natural because it refers specifically to the animal’s coat.

Pata is the usual word for an animal’s leg or paw.

Compare:

• pierna = a human leg
• pata = an animal’s leg/paw

So for a veterinarian examining an animal, la pata is the expected choice.

Depending on context, pata can sometimes sound closer to paw, while in other contexts it can mean the whole leg of an animal.

Revisa is the third-person singular present indicative form of revisar.

The infinitive is:

• revisar = to check, to examine, to inspect, to review

Because the subject is el veterinario (the veterinarian), the verb must also be third-person singular:

• yo reviso = I check
• tú revisas = you check
• él/ella revisa = he/she checks

So El veterinario revisa... means The veterinarian checks/examines...

Not in the English sense of reviewing notes.

Although revisar can sometimes mean to review, in this context it means to check, inspect, or examine. Since a veterinarian is looking at body parts, examines or checks is the best meaning here.

Spanish often avoids possessives when the owner is obvious from context, especially with body parts and things connected to a person or animal.

So instead of saying:

• revisa su pelaje y su pata = checks its fur and its paw

Spanish very naturally says:

• revisa el pelaje y la pata

This sounds more normal and less repetitive in many contexts.

Grammatically, la pata is singular, so it refers to one paw/leg.

However, the exact English translation depends on context:

• la pata = the paw / the leg
• las patas = the paws / the legs

If the speaker wanted to say the vet examines all of them, they would usually say las patas.

Because el pelaje y la pata are direct objects that are things, not people.

Spanish uses the personal a mainly before specific human direct objects, and sometimes pets or personified animals in certain contexts. But here, the vet is examining the fur and the paw, so no a is needed.

That is why we say:

• El veterinario revisa el pelaje y la pata.

not

• El veterinario revisa a el pelaje y la pata.

Yes. Veterinario can be translated as veterinarian or vet, and pelaje can be translated as fur or coat, depending on context.

Possible natural translations include:

• The veterinarian examines the fur and the paw.
• The vet checks the animal’s coat and paw.
• The vet examines the fur and the leg/paw.

The best choice depends on the animal and the situation.

Yes, el veterinario normally refers to a male veterinarian.

If the veterinarian were female, you would usually say:

• la veterinaria

So:

• El veterinario revisa... = The male veterinarian checks...
• La veterinaria revisa... = The female veterinarian checks...

In real life, English often uses the vet without showing gender, but Spanish usually marks it.

This is the most neutral and standard word order in Spanish:

• El veterinario = subject
• revisa = verb
• el pelaje y la pata = objects

So it follows a basic subject + verb + object pattern, just like English.

Spanish word order can sometimes change for emphasis, but this version is the clearest and most natural for a learner.