alarma
alárma with stress marks
alarm
Usage Note
Alarma is borrowed from Spanish alarma and covers alarm systems, alarm clocks, and the state of urgency. It is common in everyday conversation — alarma ng cellphone for a phone alarm — as well as in emergency and security contexts.
Examples
" Tumunog ang alarma ko. "
Natural Translation
My alarm went off.
Literal Translation
Sounded the alarm my.
" Tumunog ang alarma nang may sumubok pumasok sa gusali. "
Natural Translation
The alarm went off when someone tried to enter the building.
Literal Translation
Sounded the alarm when someone tried to-enter in-the building.
" Hindi ko narinig ang alarma ng cellphone kaya nahuli ako sa unang pagpasok ko sa bagong trabaho. "
Natural Translation
I didn't hear my cellphone alarm, so I was late on my first day at the new job.
Literal Translation
Not by-me heard the alarm of cellphone so late I on first entering my to new work.
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