Usage examples of "una especie de" in Spanish with translation to English

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Un sistema de escritura es una especie de sistema de codificación. A writing system is a type of coding system.
Una ballena es una especie de mamífero. A whale is a sort of mammal.
La Tierra es una especie de bola con un gran imán en el interior. The earth is like a ball with a big magnet in it.
Un delfín es una especie de mamífero. A dolphin is a kind of mammal.
Esto es una especie de sandía. This is a kind of watermelon.
Es una especie de naranja. It is a kind of orange.
Este líquido transparente contiene una especie de veneno. This transparent liquid contains a sort of poison.
Es sorprendente atestiguar que los iraníes, sobre quienes los árabes impusieron el Islam a través de la derrota militar, se han convertido en sus seguidores más fervientes, hasta el punto de oprimir a aquellos del zoroastrismo, a pesar de ser la religión de sus propios padres. Es una especie de síndrome de Estocolmo a escala nacional. It is astonishing to witness that the Iranians, onto whom the Arabs imposed Islam through military defeat, have become its most zealous followers to the point of oppressing those of Zoroastrianism, though it is the religion of their own fathers. A kind of Stockholm syndrome on the national scale.
Los elefantes son una especie en peligro de extinción. Elephants are an endangered species.
Una vez que una especie se extingue, desaparece para siempre. Once a species goes extinct it’s gone forever.
La chirivía es una especie bienal, similar a la zanahoria. Parsnip is a biennial species, similar to carrots.
Es una especie en peligro de extinción. It is an endangered species.
Aquélla es una especie migratoria. That one is a migratory species.
Algunos dicen que el bote se perdió, otros que fue tragado por una ballena. Some say the boat got lost, others say it was swallowed by a whale.
El Solitario George, la última tortuga de su especie que quedaba, murió por causas desconocidas. Lonesome George, the last remaining tortoise of his kind, died of unknown causes.
Yo quiero vivir en una ciudad pequeña. I want to live in a small town.
Ahora entiendo por qué en el Arca de Noé había 8 personas y 7 parejas de animales de cada especie. Now I understand why there were 8 persons and 7 pairs of animals of each species in Noah's Ark.
Tan sólo necesito una cebolla para esta receta. I only need one onion for this recipe.
¿Cuántos animales de cada especie había en el arca de Moisés? How many animals of each species were there on Moses' ark?
Ha llevado una vida dura. She's had a hard life.
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