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

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Mi esposa quería adoptar un niño. My wife wanted to adopt a child.
Algunos insectos pueden adoptar el color de su entorno. Some insects can take on the color of their surroundings.
Mi esposa quiere adoptar a un niño. My wife wants to adopt a child.
La pareja decidió adoptar a un huérfano. The couple decided to adopt an orphan.
Vamos a adoptar su método en nuestra escuela. We will adopt your method at our school.
Si tú no puedes tener hijos, siempre puedes adoptar. If you can't have children, you could always adopt.
Ellos decidieron adoptar un niño en lugar de tener uno propio. They decided to adopt a child rather than having one of their own.
Adoptar la nueva política fue lo mejor que hizo esta compañía. Adopting the new policy was the best thing this company ever did.
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.
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 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.
Esta oración debe ser adoptada. This sentence must be adopted.
La Unión Soviética adoptó una postura hostil hacia nosotros. The Soviet Union took a hostile attitude toward us.
Adoptaron a la niña pequeña. They adopted the little girl.
La niña adoptada es de Panamá. The adopted girl is from Panama.
¿Has estado adoptando frases para corregirlas? Have you been adopting sentences in order to correct them?
Tom adoptó nuestro método de contabilidad. Tom adopted our method of bookkeeping.
Me gustó tu idea y la adopté. I liked your idea and adopted it.
El plan fue adoptado en la reunión. The plan was adopted at the meeting.
Tom y Mary adoptaron a tres niños. Tom and Mary adopted three children.
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