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

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Esta hormiga es la reina, ¿no ves que tiene alas? This ant is the queen; don't you see she has wings?
Una hormiga puede levantar más de 50 veces su propio peso. An ant can lift more than 50 times its weight.
Entonces canté una tonta cancioncilla sobre una hormiga que intentaba pelearse con un chicle. Then I sang a silly song about an ant who tried to wrestle a chewing gum.
Los sirvientes trabajaban como hormigas. The servants worked like ants.
Las personas lucen como hormigas. People look like ants.
Él quiere deshacerse de las hormigas. He wants to get rid of the ants.
Él intentó librarse de las hormigas. He tried to get rid of the ants.
Me tomó un largo tiempo deshacerme de todas esas hormigas. It took me a long time to rid myself of all those ants.
Las hormigas, las termitas y las abejas son animales sociales. Ants, termites and bees are social animals.
El hombre solitario se contenta con observar a las hormigas. The lonely man derives pleasure from observing ants.
Hay una corrida de hormigas entrando y saliendo de la cocina. There's a row of ants coming in and out of the kitchen.
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