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Consejo y concejo suenan exactamente igual en la mayoría de los acentos del mundo hispano. Entonces, ¿Cómo distinguirlos?
hora / hour
hora
1. (=periodo de tiempo) hour
·el viaje dura una hora
·the journey lasts an hour
·durante dos horas
·for two hours
·dos horas de reloj
·two hours exactly
·esperamos horas
·we waited for hours
·ocho euros la hora
·eight euros an hour
a. [echar] horas = to put the hours in
b. [media] hora = half an hour
·la media hora del bocadillo
·half-hour break at work, tea break
c. [por] horas = by the hour
·trabajar por horas
·to work on an hourly basis o by the hour
·sueldo por hora
·hourly wage
·asistenta por horas
·daily (help)
·horas de comercio business hours
·horas de consulta opening hours of surgery
·horas de mayor audiencia (television) prime time singular
·horas de oficina business hours, office hours
·horas de trabajo working hours
·horas de visita visiting hours
·horas de vuelo (aeronautics) flying time singular (figurative)
(=experiencia) experience singular (figurative)
(=antigüedad) seniority singular
·horas extra
·horas extraordinarias overtime singular
·[hacer] horas (extra)
·to work overtime
·horas libres free time singular, spare time singular
·horas muertas dead period singular
·se pasa las horas muertas viendo la tele
·he spends hour after hour watching telly
2. (=momento)
2.1. (concreto) time
·¿qué hora es?
·what time is it?, what'noun the time?
·¿tienes hora?
·have you got the time?
·¿a qué hora?
·(at) what time?
·¿a qué hora llega?
·what time is he arriving?
·¡la hora!
·¡es la hora!
·time'noun up!
a. llegar [a la] hora = to arrive on time
·a la hora en punto
·on the dot
·a la hora justa
·in the nick of time
·[a la] hora de pagar ...
·when it comes to paying ...
b. a [altas] horas (de la madrugada) = in the small hours
c. a una hora [avanzada] = at a late hour
d. [dar] la hora
[reloj] to strike (the hour)
e. poner el reloj [en] hora = to set one'noun watch
f. no comer [entre] horas = not to eat between meals
g. a [estas] horas
·a estas horas ya deben de estar en Paraguayínoun
·they must be in Paris by now
·ayer a estas horas
·at this time yesterday
2.2. (oportuno)
a. [buena] hora
·es [buena] hora para empezar
·it'noun a good time to start
·llegas a buena hora
·you've arrived just in time
·en buena hora
·at just the right time
b. [es] hora de hacer algo = it is time to do something
·es hora de irnos
·it'noun time we went, it'noun time for us to go
·éstas [no] son horas de llegar a casa
·this is no time to get home, what sort of a time is this to get home?
c. le ha [llegado] la hora = her time has come
d. [mala] hora
·es [mala] hora
·it'noun a bad time
·en mala hora se lo dije
·I shouldn't have told her
e. en la hora de su [muerte] = at the moment of his death
f. a [primera] hora = first thing in the morning
g. a [última] hora = at the last moment, at the last minute
·dejar las cosas hasta última hora
·to leave things until the last moment o minute
·cambios de última hora
·last-minute changes
·noticias de última hora
·last-minute news
·última hora
(noticias) stop press
h. la hora de la [verdad] = the moment of truth
i. ¡[ya] era hora! = and about time too!
·ya es o va siendo hora de que te vayas
·it is high time (that) you went, it is about time (that) you went
j. ¡a buena(noun) hora(noun) (mangas verdes)! it'noun too late now!
·¡a buenas horas llegas!
·this is a fine time for you to arrive!
·a buena hora(noun) te vuelvo a prestar nada
·that'noun the last time I lend you anything
k. [no ver] la hora de algo to be hardly able to wait for something, look forward impatiently to something
·hora bruja witching hour
·hora cero zero hour
·desde las cero horas
·from midnight
·hora de apertura opening time
·hora de cenar dinnertime
·hora de comer (generally) mealtime (a mediodía) lunchtime
·hora de entrada
·la hora de entrada a la oficina
·the time when we start work at the office
·hora de las brujas witching hour
·hora de recreo playtime, recess United States
·hora de salida
l. [de tren, aviónoun, bus] time of departure
m. [de carrera] starting time
n. [de escuela, trabajo] finishing time
·hora estimada de llegada estimated time of arrival
·hora insular canaria local time in the Canary Islands
·hora judicial time when the courts start hearing cases
·hora local local time
·hora media de Greenwich Greenwich mean time
·hora oficial official time, standard time
·hora peninsular local time in mainland Spain
·hora pico
(Mexicoéx) rush hour
·hora punta
o. [del tráfico] rush hour
·horas punta
p. [de electricidad, teléfono] peak hours
·hora suprema one'noun last hour, hour of death
·horas valle off-peak times
·hora universal universal time
3. (education) period
·despuénoun de inglénoun tenemos una hora libre
·after English we have a free period
·horas de clase
(=horas lectivas) teaching hours
(=horas de colegio) school hours
·van a reducir las horas de clase
·teaching hours are going to be cut
·doy ocho horas de clase
[profesor] I teach for eight hours
·en horas de clase
·during school hours
4. (=cita) appointment
·[dar] hora a somebody, someone
·to give somebody an appointment
·pedir hora
·to ask for an appointment
·[tener] hora
·to have an appointment
·tengo hora para el dentista
·I've got an appointment at the dentist'noun
5. (religion)
·libro de horas
·book of hours
·horas canónicas canonical hours
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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