Usage examples of "Tortugas" in Spanish with translation to English

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Las tortugas marinas son longevas. Sea turtles have a long lifespan.
Las tortugas gigantes fueron diezmadas por los piratas en los siglos XVIII y XIX. Giant tortoises were decimated by pirates in the 18th and 19th century.
Las Tortugas Ninjas es su juego preferido. Ninja Turtles is my favorite game.
¿No sabías que las tortugas ponían huevos? Didn't you know turtles lay eggs?
Los biólogos liberaron a algunas tortugas en el mar. Biologists released some turtles into the sea.
Fuimos a ver a las tortugas a la playa. We went to see turtles on the beach.
Yo pensaba que solo los osos hibernaban, pero la profesora dijo que las tortugas también lo hacen. I used to think that only bears hibernate, but the teacher said that turtles do as well.
Nosotros encontramos una tortuga en el jardín. We found a turtle in the garden.
De lejos, la pequeña isla se parecía a una tortuga. The small island looked like a tortoise from a distance.
Un día él le ayudó a una tortuga débil. One day he helped a weak turtle.
Murió la tortuga gigante de las Islas Galápagos conocida como el Solitario George. The Galapagos Islands giant tortoise known as Lonesome George is dead.
El mundo se apoya en la espalda de una gran tortuga. The world rests on the back of a great turtle.
El Solitario George, la última tortuga de su especie que quedaba, murió por causas desconocidas. Lonesome George, the last remaining tortoise of his kind, died of unknown causes.
El mundo se apoya sobre un elefante, y el elefante se apoya sobre una tortuga. The world rests upon an elephant and the elephant rests upon a tortoise.
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