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

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My wife wanted to adopt a child. Mi esposa quería adoptar un niño.
The couple decided to adopt an orphan. La pareja decidió adoptar a un huérfano.
My wife wants to adopt a child. Mi esposa quiere adoptar a un niño.
We will adopt your method at our school. Vamos a adoptar su método en nuestra escuela.
You will save time if you adopt this new procedure. Ahorrarán tiempo si ustedes adoptan este nuevo procedimiento.
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people we dislike. La moralidad es simplemente la actitud que adoptamos hacia la gente que nos cae mal.
Rodrigo's family went to the dog pound to adopt a dog. La familia de Rodrigo fue a la perrera a adoptar un perro.
They decided to adopt a child rather than having one of their own. Ellos decidieron adoptar un niño en lugar de tener uno propio.
Since they had no children of their own, they decided to adopt a little girl. Como no tenían hijos propios, decidieron adoptar a una niña pequeña.
The criminal charge is not the matter, it's about the attitude we adopt toward those abuses. La denuncia no es importante, se trata de la actitud que adoptas ante estos abusos.
Some people do not have a consistent set of principles; they just adopt whatever principles benefit them at the moment. Algunas personas no tienen principios consistentes, entonces adoptan cualquiera que los beneficie en el momento.
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. 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.
They adopted the little girl. Adoptaron a la pequeña.
This sentence must be adopted. Esta oración debe ser adoptada.
Tom adopted our method of bookkeeping. Tom adoptó nuestro método de contabilidad.
Tom and Mary adopted three children. Tom y Mary adoptaron a tres niños.
The adopted girl is from Panama. La niña adoptada es de Panamá.
I liked your idea and adopted it. Me gustó tu idea y la adopté.
The plan was adopted at the meeting. El plan fue adoptado en la reunión.
The English have adopted many words from French. El inglés adoptó muchas palabras del francés.
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