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clock meaning in Spanish

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clock [clocks] (electrical signal)
noun
[UK: ˈklɒk]
[US: ˈklɑːk]

relojnoun
{m}
Fix the clock. = Arregla el reloj.

clock [clocked, clocking, clocks] (measure the duration of)
verb
[UK: ˈklɒk]
[US: ˈklɑːk]

cronometrarverb

clock [clocked, clocking, clocks] (measure the speed of)
verb
[UK: ˈklɒk]
[US: ˈklɑːk]

medir la velocidad deverb

clock [clocks] (odometer)
noun
[UK: ˈklɒk]
[US: ˈklɑːk]

cuentakilómetrosnoun
{m}

clock [clocked, clocking, clocks] (slang: hit (someone))
verb
[UK: ˈklɒk]
[US: ˈklɑːk]

golpearverb

clock face [clock faces] (the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands)
noun
[UK: ˈklɒk feɪs]
[US: ˈklɑːk ˈfeɪs]

carátulanoun
{f}

cuadrantenoun
{m}

esferanoun
{f}

clock in (to enter a workplace by punching a timecard; punch in)
verb

ficharverb

clock tower (tower having a large clock)
noun

torre del relojnoun
{f}

clockmaker (person who makes clocks)
noun

relojeranoun
{f}

relojeronoun

clockwise (in a circular fashion in the same direction as the hands of an analogue clock)
adverb
[UK: ˈklɒ.kwaɪz]
[US: ˈklɑː.ˌkwaɪz]

dextrorsoadverb

en el sentido de las agujas del relojadverb

en sentido horarioadverb

clockwise (moving clockwise)
adjective
[UK: ˈklɒ.kwaɪz]
[US: ˈklɑː.ˌkwaɪz]

dextrorsoadjective

dextrógiroadjective

clockwork [clockworks] (mechanism powered by coiled spring to drive mechanical device)
noun
[UK: ˈklɒ.kwɜːk]
[US: ˈklɑː.ˌkwərk]

cuerdanoun
{f}

engranajenoun
{m}

mecanismonoun
{m}

mecanismo de relojeríanoun
{f}

a stopped clock is right twice a day (something or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident)
phrase

hasta un reloj parado acierta la hora dos veces al díaphrase

against the clock (in a time-restricted manner)
preposition

contra el relojpreposition

contra relojpreposition

contrarrelojpreposition

alarm clock (type of clock)
noun
[UK: ə.ˈlɑːm ˈklɒk]
[US: ə.ˈlɑːrm ˈklɑːk]

despertadornoun
{m}

reloj despertadornoun
{m}

analog clock (clock that displays the time using hands)
noun

reloj analógiconoun
{m}

anticlockwise (in the opposite direction to the hands of an analogue clock)
adjective
[UK: ˌæn.ti.ˈklɒ.kwaɪz]
[US: ˌæn.ti.ˈklɒ.kwaɪz]

antihorarioadjective

levógiroadjective

sinistrorsoadjective

anticlockwise (in the opposite direction to the hands of an analogue clock)
adverb
[UK: ˌæn.ti.ˈklɒ.kwaɪz]
[US: ˌæn.ti.ˈklɒ.kwaɪz]

antihorariamenteadverb

en sentido antihorarioadverb

en sentido contrario a las agujas del relojadverb

around the clock (all the time)
preposition
[UK: ə.ˈraʊnd ðə ˈklɒk]
[US: ə.ˈraʊnd ðə ˈklɑːk]

día y nochepreposition

noche y díapreposition

atomic clock (reference clock)
noun
[UK: ə.ˈtɒ.mɪk ˈklɒk]
[US: ə.ˈtɑː.mɪk ˈklɑːk]

reloj atómiconoun
{m}

chess clock (clock system used in chess games)
noun

reloj de ajedreznoun
{m}

cuckoo clock (clock)
noun
[UK: ˈkʊk.uː ˈklɒk]
[US: ˈkəˌk.uː ˈklɑːk]

reloj cucúnoun
{m}

reloj de cuconoun
{m}

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