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el reloj |
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sustantivo |
clock [klɒk]
sustantivo
1. reloj (m) (for telling the time)
- to work round the clock (grande o de pared) -> trabajar día y noche
- a race against the clock -> una carrera contrarreloj
- to put the clock forward/back -> adelantar/atrasar el reloj
- to turn the clock back (sentido figurado) -> retroceder en el tiempo
- clock radio -> radio (f) despertador
2. ≅ cuentakilómetros m inv (familiar) (milometer)
verbo transitivo
3. medir la velocidad de (measure speed of); alcanzar (reach speed of)
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clock [klok]
sustantivo
1. Reloj, máquina para medir el tiempo (timepiece).
- To work around/round the clock -> trabajar las veinticuatro horas del día, trabajar día y noche
- Around-the-clock/round-the-clock surveillance -> vigilancia las veinticuatro horas del día
- To put the clocks back/forward -> atrasar/adelantar los relojes
- To turn/put the clock back -> volver atrás
- Tower clock -> reloj de torre
- Alarm-clock -> V
- What time is it -> ¿qué hora es
- Nine o’clock in the morning -> las nueve de la mañana
- To wind up a clock -> dar cuerda a un reloj
2. Cuadrado, adorno que se pone en las media
sustantivo
3. Cuentakilómetros (mileometer); velocímetro (speedometer); taxímetro (in taxi). (Automóvil)
- Clock-maker -> relojero
- Clock-setter -> el que da cuerda y arregla el reloj
ALARM.
va. (Coloq.) Registrar, hacer (achieve, reach/speed, time); cronometrar (time/athlete, race). (Gran Bretaña) V. CLUCK.
"clock" en el foro de Respuestas
| P: | Do they use a 24 hour clock or 12 hour clock in Spain? |
| R: | HI asrin, not really.... we use the 12 hour clock, we say las 12 de la noche las 12 del mediodía |
| P: | 24 hour clock |
| R: | muchisimo |
| P: | como se dice en espanol? My watch is smaller then my clock. |
| R: | Mi 1'reloj de pulsera es más chico que mi 2'reloj de pared. En este caso se agrega "de pulsera", "de pared" para hacer diferencia. En algún otro caso… |
| P: | Is it some kind of clock? |
| R: | hi cb alcaraván is a "stone curlew". a curlew is any wading bird of a certain type possessing a long slender down-curved bill. |
| P: | How would you say "Punching that clock from dusk to dawn"? |
| R: | to punch the clock in this sense is *fichar* in Spanish. *Fichar de la mañana a la noche.* welcome to the forum, sarba. :) |
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