Sentence examples of "pick up" in English with translation "coger"

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Don't pick up the cat. No cojas el gato.
He picked up a stone. Cogió una piedra.
I picked up a purse in the street. Cogí un bolso en la calle.
Tom picked up that habit from his father. Tom cogió ese hábito de su padre.
He picked up the wrong hat by mistake. Por error, cogió el sombrero equivocado.
He bent down and picked up the ball. Él se inclinó y cogió la pelota.
He picked up a mirror and looked at his tongue. Él cogió un espejo y se miró la lengua.
He picked up the rifle and aimed it at the target. Cogió el rifle y lo apuntó al blanco.
"I see," said the blind man, as he picked up his hammer and saw. —Ya veo —dijo el ciego, mientras cogía su martillo y su sierra.
From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it. Desde el momento en que cogí tu libro hasta que lo dejé, estuve partiéndome de risa. Algún día pretendo leerlo.
He came to the Irish with all the signs of an apostle, and when the people asked him to explain the Blessed Trinity, he reached down to the ground and picked up a shamrock. Él vino a los irlandeses con todos los símbolos de un apóstol, y cuando la gente le pidió que explicara la Santísima Trinidad, él se acercó al suelo y cogió un trébol.
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