Usage examples of "adoptar medida" in Spanish with translation to English

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Vamos a adoptar su método en nuestra escuela. We will adopt your method at our school.
Las serpientes son -en cierta medida- sordas, pero aún así pueden detectar sonidos muy débiles, y son muy sensibles a los olores. Snakes are -to a certain extent- deaf, but can still hear very low sounds and are very sensitive to smells.
La familia de Rodrigo fue a la perrera a adoptar un perro. Rodrigo's family went to the dog pound to adopt a dog.
La caloría es una medida exacta de la energía en los alimentos. The calorie is an exact measure of the energy in food.
Mi esposa quiere adoptar a un niño. My wife wants to adopt a child.
Todos los trajes de Tom están hechos a medida. Tom had all of his suits made to order.
Ellos decidieron adoptar un niño en lugar de tener uno propio. They decided to adopt a child rather than having one of their own.
La última medida de un hombre no es dónde se encuentra en momentos de comodidad y conveniencia, sino dónde se sitúa en tiempos de desafío y controversia. The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Si tú no puedes tener hijos, siempre puedes adoptar. If you can't have children, you could always adopt.
A medida que fue creciendo, se fue haciendo más hermosa. The older she grew, the more beautiful she become.
Adoptar la nueva política fue lo mejor que hizo esta compañía. Adopting the new policy was the best thing this company ever did.
Si el budismo es atractivo, es porque aparece como una posibilidad de tocar el infinito y de obtener felicidad sin tener alguna obligación religiosa concreta. Un auto-erotismo espiritual en cierta medida. If Buddhism is attractive, it is because it appears as a possibility of touching the infinite and obtaining happiness without having any concrete religious obligations. A spiritual auto-eroticism of some sort.
Algunos insectos pueden adoptar el color de su entorno. Some insects can take on the color of their surroundings.
La medida debe ser exacta. The measurement has to be exact.
Como no tenían hijos propios, decidieron adoptar a una niña pequeña. Since they had no children of their own, they decided to adopt a little girl.
Debo encargar un nuevo traje a medida. I must get a new suit made.
La globalización se ha vuelto loca: ¿por qué transportar pepinos españoles para exterminar a los alemanes del norte cuando la mitad de ellos viven en Mayorca? Hay que racionalizar todo eso y adoptar un método de exterminación bacteriana más duradero. Globalization has gone mad: why transport Spanish cucumbers to exterminate the Northern Germans when half of them live in Mallorca? We need to rationalize all of that and adopt a more solid method of bacterial decontamination.
Somos responsables en gran medida del éxito de los estudiantes en el examen de ingreso. We are in large measure responsible for students' success in the entrance exam.
La pareja decidió adoptar a un huérfano. The couple decided to adopt an orphan.
Sus tiempos iban a presenciar, en gran medida, el comienzo y el prevalecer del cumplimiento de estas palabras. His times were to see the beginning and the carrying forward, to some quite serious degree, of the fulfilment of these words.
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