Usage examples of "flota mercante" in Spanish with translation to English

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Un conocido estratega, Cristóbal Colón, una vez hundió a toda una flota de piratas robándoles todas sus frutas y verduras, lo cual provocó que enfermaran de escorbuto. A renowned tactician, Christopher Columbus once downed an entire pirate fleet by stealing all of their fruits and vegetables, thus giving them scurvy.
El mítico Kraken, grueso como un barco pero el triple de grande, una vez atacó a la flota de Cristóbal Colón... sin dejarle a Colón más opción que comérselo. The mythical Kraken, thick as a ship and three times as wide, once made an attack on Christopher Columbus's fleet... giving Columbus no choice but to eat him.
La madera flota en el agua. Wood floats in water.
La flota pesquera de Japón pesca más de 1000 ballenas al año bajo pretexto de investigación científica. The Japanese fishing fleet catches more than 1000 whales per year on the pretext of scientific research.
La madera flota, pero el hierro se hunde. Wood floats, but iron sinks.
Una piedra no flota. A stone does not float.
Una nube blanca flota en el cielo azul. A white cloud is floating in the blue sky.
¿No sabías que el aceite flota sobre el agua? Didn't you know that oil floats on water?
Los romanos construyeron una flota de trescientos barcos. The Romans built a fleet of three hundred ships.
Un idioma es un dialecto con armada y flota. A language is a dialect with an army and navy.
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