Spanish Word for octopus  

English Word: octopus

Spanish Word: pulpo
The Spanish Word for octopus
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Translated sentences containing 'octopus'
I'm really not fond (no apetecer) of octopus (el pulpo).
A mi no me apetece el pulpo.
Mary says that you're not really fond of octopus.
María dice que a ti no te apetece el pulpo.
John really isn't fond of octopus.
A Juan no le apetece el pulpo.
We really aren't fond of octopus.
A nosotros no nos apetece el pulpo.
The girls say that they really aren't fond of octopus.
Las muchachas dicen que a ellas no les apetece el pulpo.
Octopuses have three hearts...
Los pulpos tienen tres corazones...

In Mauritania, catches of octopus have halved in the past four years.
En Mauritania las capturas de pulpo se han reducido a la mitad en los cuatro últimos años.
The main tentacles of the mafia 'octopus' are the justice system and police, which are blighted by the cancer of corruption.
Los principales tentáculos del "pulpo mafioso" son el sistema de justicia y la policía, que están arruinados por el cáncer de la corrupción.
The report also notes that octopus and hake fisheries are over-exploited and reductions in effort are needed.
El informe indica también que los caladeros de pulpo y merluza están sobreexplotados y que es necesaria una reducción en las faenas.
This is a far cry from a scientific endorsement of increasing European fishing of octopus even if certain other fleets have reduced their effort.
Esto es muy distinto del respaldo científico al aumento de la pesca europea de cefalópodos a pesar de que otras flotas han reducido su esfuerzo.
Instead, we see the EU octopus bureaucracy once again using private misfortune to plunder the sovereignty of Member States.
Lo que sucede, por el contrario, es que los tentáculos de la burocracia de la UE vuelven a aprovecharse de la desgracia privada para arrebatar soberanía a los Estados miembros.
The prime example of this is the unimpeded rise of Delta Holding in Serbia, with its influential director Miroslav Mišković as the 'octopus' at its head.
El mejor ejemplo de esto es el ascenso sin impedimentos de Delta Holding en Serbia, con su influyente director Miroslav Mišković como el "pulpo" en su cúpula dirigente.
There are now some three or four thousand canoes fishing for octopus in coastal waters, which are, moreover, the reproduction zone.
Hay ahora unas 3.000 o 4.000 piraguas que pescan pulpo y, además, pescan en la zona del litoral, que es la zona de reproducción.
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