How do you say "lay eggs"

Question

Hola I am writing a letter and I want to explain that I have been studying the decline in marine turtles coming ashore (or to the beach) to lay their eggs. I am not sure how to describe this in Spanish. I have tried to translate the sentence using the translator which comes out as:

"Mi papel era estudiar las causas de la declinación en las tortugas de marina que venían a la playa poner sus huevos"

But this doesn't sound right to me. Would you use "poner" in this example. Doesn't it mean "To put their eggs"

Thanks for your help.

Neil

Hi, Neil..."venian a la playa a poner..." ("venir" is followed by "a" before an infinitive) - mountaingirl123, Sep 7, 2010

Answer 1

Poner huevos looks right to me. I would say venían a la playa para poner sus huevos

close, but poner huevos is used for birds. - mediterrunio, Sep 8, 2010

Answer 2

What do you mean by declinación?

Medirettunio is right...para desovar.

pregunta...cuando se usa "a" despues de formas de "venir"...Vengo a hablar...viene para desovar? Gracias - mountaingirl123, Sep 7, 2010

Heidita I wanted to say "My role was studying the causes of the decline in marine turtles coming ashore to lay eggs. - casarosa, Sep 7, 2010

Mi reina, en inglés "declinación" puede ser "disminución" igual que la acción de bajarse, pero normalmente se usa sólo "Decline" para el sustantivo - 005faa61, Sep 7, 2010

En español, declinación es caída, descenso o declive. en tste conetxto la palabra correcta es disminución, como supuso Heidita, y desovar, como ya señalé. - mediterrunio, Sep 8, 2010

Answer 3

I have been studying the decline in marine turtles coming ashore (or to the beach) to lay their eggs.

He estado estudiado la disminución del número de tortugas marinas que arriban a la costa (o a la playa) a desovar.

Answer 4

the technical term is ´desovar´.