Translation for "often retain" to spanish

Often retain

• a menudo retienen
• menudo retener

Translation examples

a menudo retienen

The pirates have continued to deter action by the navies through the greater use of captured ships and dhows as "mother ships", often retaining the captured crews on-board as human shields.
Los piratas han tratado de seguir dificultando las operaciones de las fuerzas navales haciendo mayor uso de barcos capturados y dhows como "buques nodriza", y a menudo retienen a bordo a las tripulaciones capturadas para utilizarlas como escudos humanos.