Un dispositivo o sonido que advierte de un peligro.
A device or sound that warns of danger.
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See how the word “alarma” is used in sentences
La alarma de incendios sonó al mediodía. — The fire alarm went off at noon.
Ella lo miró con alarma. — She looked at him in alarm.
Puse mi alarma a las seis. — I set my alarm for six.
La noticia de la tormenta alarmó a mucha gente. — The news of the storm alarmed many people.
No olvides activar la alarma de la tienda esta noche. — Don't forget to set the shop alarm tonight.
No hay motivo de alarma. — There is no cause for alarm.
Mi alarma no sonó esta mañana. — My alarm didn't go off this morning.
No quiero alarmarte, pero la puerta estaba abierta. — I don't want to alarm you, but the door was open.
¿Por qué empezó a sonar la alarma de humo? — Why did the smoke alarm start beeping?
El ruido repentino causó alarma en el aula. — The sudden noise caused alarm in the classroom.
Pon una alarma para que no nos quedemos dormidos. — Set an alarm so we don't oversleep.
A los médicos les alarma el aumento de casos. — Doctors are alarmed by the rise in cases.
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Download the app for free Spanish vocabulary testAlarma splits the same two ways English alarm does: the device that makes the noise, and the feeling it produces. La miró con alarma is she looked at him in alarm, with no siren anywhere in it.
What the word does not cover on its own is the clock beside the bed. That is el despertador, from despertar, to wake. Phones have blurred the line and poner la alarma for the morning is now ordinary, but the physical object on the nightstand is still a despertador. Note also that the alarm is raised with dar, not with levantar: dar la alarma.
despertador alarm clock
The clock itself. Ask a shop for una alarma and you will be shown a burglar alarm.
susto a fright
The jolt of the moment. Alarma is the state you are left in once the jolt has passed.
peligro danger
What the alarm is about. Alarma is the warning, peligro the thing warned of.
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