Sentence examples of "float" in English

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Translations: all17 flotar17
A stone does not float. Una piedra no flota.
An astronaut can float in space. Un astronauta puede flotar en el espacio.
I love to float on the water. Me encanta flotar en el agua.
Particles of dust float in the atmosphere. Partículas de polvo flotan en la atmósfera.
The substance is light enough to float on the water. La sustancia es lo suficientemente ligera para flotar en el agua.
If you float a one yen coin on water and move a magnet slowly towards it then the coin will approach the magnet. Si dejas una moneda de un yen flotando en el agua y le acercas lentamente un imán, entonces la moneda se acercará al imán.
Wood floats, but iron sinks. La madera flota, pero el hierro se hunde.
A cloud floated across the sky. Una nube flotó por el cielo.
The petals are floating on the water. Los pétalos están flotando en el agua.
A balloon was floating in the air. Un globo flotaba en el aire.
Tom floated down the river on a raft. Tom flotó río abajo en una balsa.
A white cloud floats in the blue sky. Una nube blanca flota en el cielo azul.
The petals floated on the surface of the water. Los pétalos flotaban en la superficie del agua.
A white cloud is floating in the blue sky. Una nube blanca flota en el cielo azul.
Didn't you know that oil floats on water? ¿No sabías que el aceite flota sobre el agua?
Thousands of dead fish have been found floating in the lake. Miles de peces muertos fueron encontrados flotando en el lago.
The astronaut lost his grip on the wrench and all he could do was watch in dismay as it floated serenely away. Al astronauta se le escurrió la llave y no pudo hace nada más que mirar como se iba alejando flotando.
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