Vemos un cachorro.

Because vemos is the present tense, nosotros/nosotras form of the verb ver (to see).

• ver = to see
• yo veo = I see
• tú ves = you see
• él/ella ve = he/she sees
• nosotros/nosotras vemos = we see

So vemos un cachorro means we see a puppy.

Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns when they are not needed, because the verb ending already tells you who the subject is.

Here, vemos already shows that the subject is we. So:

• Vemos un cachorro. = We see a puppy.
• Nosotros vemos un cachorro. = also possible, but more emphatic

You would add nosotros only if you want contrast or emphasis, such as We see a puppy, not a cat.

Un is the masculine singular indefinite article. In English, it usually means a or an.

So:

• un cachorro = a puppy

Spanish uses un with a masculine singular noun. Since cachorro is masculine and singular, un is the correct form.

Because cachorro is a masculine noun in Spanish.

In Spanish, articles must match the noun's gender:

• un = masculine singular
• una = feminine singular

So you say:

• un cachorro not
• una cachorro

Even if the puppy is female, the noun cachorro itself is grammatically masculine unless you specifically use a feminine form such as cachorra.

Cachorro most often means puppy, but it can also mean the young of an animal, depending on context.

For example, it can sometimes refer to:

• a puppy
• a cub
• a young animal

In this sentence, the most natural meaning is puppy.

The form cachorro is masculine. If you want to specify a female puppy, you can use cachorra.

So:

• un cachorro = a male puppy / a puppy in a general masculine form
• una cachorra = a female puppy

In many contexts, masculine forms can be used generically, especially if the sex is unknown or unimportant.

Yes. Verb + object is a very normal word order in Spanish, just like We see a puppy in English.

The standard order here is:

• vemos = verb
• un cachorro = direct object

You can also say:

• Nosotros vemos un cachorro.

That is still correct, but the subject pronoun is usually unnecessary unless you want emphasis.

Yes. Vemos is in the present indicative, so the sentence means we see or sometimes we are seeing, depending on context.

Spanish present tense often covers both:

• we see
• we are seeing

So Vemos un cachorro could describe:

• a general present situation
• something happening right now

In standard Spain Spanish, a simple guide is:

• vemos ≈ BEH-mos
• un ≈ oon
• cachorro ≈ ka-CHO-rro

A few useful notes:

• v in Spanish is usually pronounced very similarly to b
• ch sounds like English ch
• the rr sound in cachorro is a rolled or trilled r
• the stress is on ve- in vemos and on cho- in cachorro

In this sentence, vemos naturally means we see, but Spanish present tense can be flexible depending on context.

It can sometimes be used in ways like:

• we see
• we're seeing
• we do see

Also, in conversation, vemos can appear in expressions where seeing is more abstract, such as we'll see, but that would usually need a different context or structure.

In Vemos un cachorro, the straightforward meaning is simply we see a puppy.