Sentence examples of "pata de gallo" in Spanish

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Los doce animales de los signos del zodíaco chino provienen de once tipos de animales que encontramos en la naturaleza: la rata, el buey, el tigre, el conejo, la serpiente, el caballo, el carnero, el mono, el gallo, el perro, el chancho, y el mitológico dragón;ellos son utilizados como calendario. The twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac come from eleven types of animals we find in nature: the rat, the ox, the tiger, the hare, the snake, the horse, the ram, the monkey, the rooster, the dog, the pig, and the mythological dragon; they're used as a calendar.
La grulla estaba paraba en una pata. The crane was standing on one leg.
Trata de obtener un perro, un gato, o un gallo. Try getting a dog, a cat or a chicken.
¡Qué metida de pata! What a blunder!
La vaca hace "mu", el gallo hace "quiquiriquí", el cerdo hace "oinc, oinc", el pato hace "cua, cua" y el gato hace "miau". The cow goes "moo," the rooster goes "cock-a-doodle-doo," the pig goes "oink, oink," the duck goes "quack, quack" and the cat goes "meow."
Iba a comprar una mesa nueva, pero mi marido ya arregló la pata rota. I was going to buy a new table, but my husband fixed the broken leg.
El gallo me está picoteando la pierna. The rooster is pecking at my leg.
"¡Quiquiriquí!" canta el gallo por la mañana. The rooster crows, "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" in the morning.
Otro gallo nos cantará That's a horse of a different color
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