unsocial hours in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for unsocial hours in the English»Spanish Dictionary

unsocial hours [ʌnˈsəʊʃ(ə)l ˌaʊəz] N npl Brit

to work unsocial hours

trabajar a horas fuera de lo normal

Translations for unsocial hours in the English»Spanish Dictionary

hour [Am ˈaʊ(ə)r, Brit ˈaʊə] N

1.1. hour (60 minutes):

hour

hora f

a quarter/three quarters of an hour

un cuarto/tres cuartos de hora

an hour and a half, one and a half hours

una hora y media

24 hours a day

las 24 horas del día

it's two hours' walk/drive from here

está a dos horas (de aquí) a pie/en coche

30 miles per hour

30 millas por hora

to be paid by the hour

cobrar por horas

I earn $30 an hour

gano 30 dólares por hora

1.2. hour (time of day):

hour

hora f

the clock struck the hour

el reloj dio la hora

on the hour

a la hora en punto

at twenty past the hour

a (las) y veinte

at 1600 hours

a las 16:00 horas

(at) any hour of the day or night

a cualquier hora del día o de la noche

why do you call me at this (late/ungodly) hour?

¿por qué me llamas a estas horas (intempestivas)?

to be up till all hours

estar levantado hasta las tantas inf

in the early hours of yesterday morning

ayer de madrugada

in the early hours of yesterday morning

en la madrugada de ayer

in the small hours

a altas horas (de la noche)

in the wee small hours (of the morning)

en las primeras horas de la madrugada

1.3. hour (particular moment):

hour

momento m

her/his/their finest hour

su mejor momento

in my hour of need they all deserted me

todos me abandonaron cuando más los necesitaba

the man/question of the hour

el hombre/el tema del momento

the darkest hour is or comes just before the dawn

las cosas suelen empeorar antes de mejorar

2.1. hour <hours, pl > (long time):

hour

horas fpl

it'll take hours

llevará horas

we waited for hours and hours

esperamos horas y horas

they arrived hours late

llegaron con horas de retraso

2.2. hour <hours, pl > (fixed period):

during office/business hours

en horas de oficina/trabajo

what hours do you work?

¿qué horario tienes?

what hours are you open?

¿qué horario tienen?

what hours are you open?

¿cuál es su horario de atención al publico?

doctors work long hours

los médicos tienen un día de trabajo muy largo

to work after hours

trabajar después de hora

to keep late/irregular hours

llevar una vida noctámbula/desordenada

unsocial hours in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for unsocial hours in the English»Spanish Dictionary

unsocial hours

horas f pl extras

Translations for unsocial hours in the English»Spanish Dictionary

unsocial [ʌnˈsəʊʃəl, Am -ˈsoʊ-] ADJ

1. unsocial (unsociable):

unsocial

insociable

2. unsocial Brit (outside of the standard working day):

unsocial

fuera del horario laboral

unsocial hours

horas f pl extras

hour [ˈaʊəʳ, Am ˈaʊr] N

1. hour (60 minutes):

hour

hora f

to be paid by the hour

cobrar por horas

2. hour (time of day):

at all hours of the day and night

noche y día

ten minutes to the hour

diez minutos para en punto

till all hours

hasta muy tarde

out of hours, after hour Am, Aus

fuera del horario establecido

3. hour (time for an activity):

lunch hour

hora de comer

at the agreed hour

a la hora convenida

opening hours

horario m (comercial)

4. hour (period of time):

hour

momento m

at any hour

en cualquier momento

to spend long hours doing sth

pasarse mucho tiempo haciendo algo

to change from hour to hour

cambiar cada hora

to keep irregular/regular hours

llevar un horario variable/regular

to work long hours

trabajar hasta muy tarde

hour after hour

hora tras hora

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Penalty rates compensate for working in unsocial hours.

www.eurekastreet.com.au

An end to automatic pay rises for years of service and new performance-related pay scales for in-demand skills and unsocial hours.

www.dailymail.co.uk

These are unsocial hours and should be remunerated as such.

www.independent.co.uk

This ensures train managers are entitled to expect a good work-life balance in terms of unsocial hours and duty rosters.

www.standard.co.uk

Quite simply, if they took away the quite minimal additional compensation for working unsocial hours then that would be a huge problem for us.

www.independent.co.uk

The proposals are looking at various enhancements including those paid for unsocial hours, many of which are no longer paid within the market.

www.thirdsector.co.uk

Punishments can include making them train on their own, often at unsocial hours.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The concessions included changes to unsocial hours payments and new pay rates and scales for people taking up new employment with the company.

www.herald.ie

The patrols take place at unsocial hours through the night and often concentrate on areas of concern to the police.

www.stuff.co.nz

He began confronting her friends, and often telephoned her at unsocial hours.

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