hour in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for hour in the English»Bulgarian Dictionary

hour [ˈaʊəʳ, Am ˈaʊr] N

1. hour (60 minutes):

hour

час m

per hour COMPUT

в час

to be paid by the hour

плащат ми на час

2. hour (time of day):

at all hours of the day and night

по което и да е време на деня и нощта

ten minutes to the hour

без десет

till all hours

до много късно

out of hours, after hour Am, Aus

след работно време

3. hour (time for an activity):

at the agreed hour

в установеното време

extra hour

извънреден час (на работа)

lunch hour

обедна почивка

opening hours

работно време

4. hour (period of time):

hour

период m

at any hour

по всяко време

to spend long hours doing sth

прекарвам дълги часове в правене на нщ

to change from hour to hour

променям се ежечасно

to keep irregular/regular hours

водя нередовен/редовен живот

to work long hours

работя до късно

hour after hour

непрестанно

hour hand N

hour hand

голямата стрелка на часовника

rush hour N

rush hour

час m на най-натоварено движение

rush hour

час пик m

man-hour [ˈmænaʊə(r)] N ECON

man-hour

човекочас m

lunch hour N

lunch hour

обедно време

witching hour N

the witching hour

злокобният час

kilowatt hour N

kilowatt hour

киловатчас m

before-hour ADJ

before-hour trading [or dealings]

предборсови операции (сделки с ценни книжа на борсата преди започване на обявеното работно време — извършват се главно с новоемитирани облигации)

closing time N Brit, closing hour N

closing time

часът, в който магазините затварят

eight-hour day N

eight-hour day

осемчасов работен ден

hour Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to change from hour to hour

променям се ежечасно

hour after hour

непрестанно

to hire sth by the hour/day/week

наемам нщ за час/ден/седмица

he will be along in an hour

той ще дойде след час

half an hour, a half hour

половин час

I've been waiting for one hour

чакам един час

it's a one or two hour drive [or ride]

пътува се един-два часа

I spared half an hour for him

отделих му половин час

a speed of 100 km per hour

скорост от 100 км в час

I waited for an hour and more [or a little more than an hour]

чаках час и нещо

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She never lets the men stay for long, usually requiring them to leave an hour after she climaxes.

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He described his terror after he was trapped in an air pocket under a vessel for an hour alongside five others as he awaited rescue.

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Winds gusted from 6070 miles per hour (95110 km/h), causing minor wind damage.

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The drive method may be as simple as a gear motor that rotates at a very slow average rate of one revolution per day (15 degrees per hour).

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After steady growth over the first half of the century, including winning paid sick leave, annual leave and a forty-hour week, the union really took off in the 1950s.

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It is connected by a mono-cable ropeway in length which can carry 1200 people per hour and is stated to be the country's highest ropeway.

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However, locals claimed that the security forces helped the bombers by removing the checkpoints an hour before the attack.

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For an hour every night she stands on stage telling jokes wearing a white babydoll nightie and white high heels.

www.independent.co.uk

In 1998, a law establishing the 35-hour workweek was adopted.

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Doctors told them that there would be no chance that the foetus, who had a condition called acrania, would survive longer than an hour after birth.

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