Usage examples of "las piedras" in Spanish with translation to English

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Entre las piedras preciosas se encuentran la aguamarina, la amatista, la esmeralda, el cuarzo y el rubí. Rare gems include aquamarine, amethyst, emerald, quartz and ruby.
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Me encanta reunir piedras en la playa. I love collecting stones at the beach.
Mi abuelo sopló las noventa y siete velitas de su torta de cumpleaños. My grandpa blew out all 97 candles on his birthday cake.
Los niños le lanzaron piedras. Children threw stones at him.
A Tom le gusta las cosas como están. Tom likes things the way they are.
Aquellos que viven en casas de cristal no deberían tirar piedras. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Tom quería lavarse las manos. Tom wanted to wash his hands.
Él se agachó y recogió piedras pequeñas. He bent over and picked up small stones.
Me resbalé y me caí por las escaleras. I slipped and fell down the stairs.
Una mina es dónde encuentras piedras preciosas. A mine is where you find precious minerals.
Asegúrate de que todas las cajas estén bien selladas antes de la entrega. Make sure all the boxes are well sealed before the delivery.
Ella recogió unas piedras hermosas. She picked up beautiful stones.
Las doce estrellas en la bandera de la Unión Europea no simbolizan a los doce miembros fundadores de la unión. Simbolizan a los Doce Apóstoles. The twelve stars on the flag of the European Union do not symbolize the twelve founding members of the union. They symbolize the Twelve Apostles.
Le dije que no tirara piedras. I told him not to throw stones.
No aguanto las inconveniencias de la vida campestre. I can't bear the inconvenience of country life.
De hecho, algunas personas coleccionan piedras. Some people actually collect rocks.
Estas hamburguesas están más ricas que las de aquel local. This store's hamburgers taste better than that one's.
Yo no sé con qué armas se va a combatir en la tercera guerra mundial, pero la cuarta se combatirá con piedras y palos. I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Tom sabía que en todas las frases, la última palabra sería siempre la de Mary. Tom knew well that in all the sentences, the last word would always be for Mary.
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