alarmar

to alarm

to alert

alarmar(ah-lahr-mahr)

transitive verb

1. (to scare)

a. to alarm

No te quiero alarmar, pero hay una araña enorme justo arriba de ti.

I don't want to alarm you, but there's a huge spider right above you.

Me alarmaron las manchas rojas que Paco tenía en la espalda.

I was alarmed by the red spots Paco had on his back.

b. to frighten

Un grito me alarmó en mitad de la noche, y no pude volver a dormir.

A shout frightened me in the middle of the night, and I could not get back to sleep.

2. (to rouse)

a. to alert

El olor a humo alarmó a los vecinos del fuego.

The smell of smoke alerted the neighbors to the fire.

alarmarse

pronominal verb

3. (to worry)

a. to be alarmed

Mi madre se alarmó porque no contesté a su llamada.

My mother was alarmed because I did not answer her call.

alarmar

transitive verb

1. (avisar)

a. to alert

2. (asustar)

a. to alarm

pronominal verb

3. (inquietarse)

a. to be alarmed

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alarmar

transitive verb

(dar alarma) to alarm; (asustar) to frighten; (Mil) to alert; rouse;

pronominal verb

alarmarse to get alarmed; be alarmed

¡no te alarmes! don't be alarmed!