| Principal Translations |
| alarm n | (alerting device) | alarma nf |
| | (reloj) | despertador nm |
| | The house has a burglar alarm that's easy to set. |
| | La casa tiene una alarma contra robos que es fácil de programar. |
| alarm n | (warning sound) | alarma nf |
| | | señal de alarma loc nom f |
| | We heard the alarm but didn't know what it was about. |
| | Escuchamos la alarma pero no sabíamos de qué se trataba. |
| alarm n | (sudden fright) | alarma nf |
| | | sobresalto nm |
| | | susto nm |
| | We could see the alarm in the children's faces. |
| | Podíamos ver la alarma en la cara de los niños. |
| alarm [sb]⇒ vtr | (frighten) | alarmar⇒ vtr |
| | | alarmar a vtr + prep |
| | | asustar⇒ vtr |
| | | asustar a vtr + prep |
| | I don't want to alarm you but a police car just pulled into the driveway. |
| | No quiero alarmarte, pero un patrullero acaba de estacionarse en la entrada. |
Compound Forms:
alarm | alarmed |
| alarm bell n | (bell sounding an alert) | alarma nf |
| | La alarma no sonó, por eso los ladrones pudieron entrar y salir con el botín tranquilamente. |
alarm bell (US),
alarm bells (UK) n | figurative (warning, caution) | señal nf |
| | | advertencia nf |
| | George's late arrival for our first date should have set off alarm bells that he's not a punctual person. |
alarm bells start to ring,
warning bells start to sound expr | figurative, informal (you have misgivings about [sth]) | ponerse en guardia loc verb |
| alarm call n | (phone call to wake [sb] up) | llamada despertador nf + adj |
| | | llamada para despertar nf + loc prep |
| | | servicio de despertador nm + loc adj |
| alarm clock n | (clock that sounds an alert) | despertador nm |
| | | reloj despertador grupo nom |
| | | alarma nf |
| | My alarm clock sounds every morning at 6 AM. |
| | My power went out last night, so my alarm clock didn't go off. |
| | Mi despertador suena todas las mañanas a las 6. |
| | Mi reloj despertador suena todas las mañanas a las 6. |
| | Mi alarma suena todas las mañanas a las 6. |
| alarm signal n | (device making a warning sound) | alarma nf |
| alarm signal n | (warning sound) | señal de alarma nf |
| alarm system n | (warns of intruders) | sistema de alarmas nm |
| | Following a burglary, I had an alarm system installed. |
| | Luego del robo, instalaron el sistema de alarmas. |
| burglar alarm n | (warns of a burglary) | alarma antirrobo nf + adj |
| | The burglar alarm will sound if the window is opened. |
| cause for alarm n | ([sth] that creates panic) | causa de alarma nf + loc adj |
| | | motivo de alarma nm + loc adj |
| | Even though the pilot said that there was no cause for alarm, the turbulence made all the passengers nervous. |
| | Aunque los pilotos dijeron que no había causa de alarma, la turbulencia puso nerviosos a todos los pasajeros. |
| false alarm n | (false report of fire) | falsa alarma adj + nf |
| false alarm n | ([sth] untrue causing alarm) | falsa alarma adj + nf |
| fire alarm n | (siren or bell warning of fire) | alarma de incendios nf + loc adj |
| | | alarma contra incendios nf + loc adj |
| | Someone set off the fire alarm at 3 am and the entire hotel had to be evacuated. |
| | You often have to smash a glass panel to activate a fire alarm. |
| | Alguien activó la alarma de incendios a las tres de la mañana y tuvieron que evacuar a todo el hotel. |
smoke detector,
smoke alarm n | (device that detects a fire) | detector de humo, detector de humos loc nom m |
| sound the alarm v expr | (alert or warn others) | dar la voz de alerta, dar la voz de alarma loc verb |
| | | hacer sonar la alarma loc verb |
| | When the watchman saw the invaders coming, he sounded the alarm to call for help. |
| | Cuando el vigía vio venir a los invasores, dio la voz de alerta para pedir ayuda. |
| wake-up alarm n | (alarm that wakes you up from sleep) | despertador nm |
| | | alarma nf |