ovejas

sheep


Noun ovejas f pl

  1. plural of oveja

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Examples
  • Las ovejas son criadas por la lana y por la carne.

    Sheep are raised for their wool and meat.

  • Ese chico cuida las ovejas.

    That boy watches over the sheep.

  • Las ovejas pastan en el campo.

    The sheep graze the grass in the field.

  • El pastor siempre intenta persuadir a las ovejas de que sus intereses y los suyos propios son los mismos.

    The shepherd always tries to persuade his flock that its interests and his own are one and the same.

  • Vi un rebaño de ovejas.

    I saw a flock of sheep.

  • El trabajo de ellos es esquilar a las ovejas.

    Their job is to shear the sheep.

  • Lo digo y lo repito, que el mundo no es más que un rebaño de ovejas.

    I repeat it, and say that the world is but a flock of sheep.

  • Si un hombre tuviera 11 ovejas y todas menos 9 murieran, ¿cuántas ovejas le quedarían?

    If a man had 11 sheep and all but 9 died, how many sheep would he have left?

  • El pastor cuenta sus ovejas: "una, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco... cien."

    The shepherd counts the sheep: "One, two, three, four, five ... one hundred."

  • ¡Ay ojalá tuviéramos problemas únicamente con el crecimiento de las ovejas!

    Ah if only we had just problems with the raising of lambs!

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