wake-up call in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for wake-up call in the English»Spanish Dictionary

wake-up call [Am ˈweɪkəp ˌkɔl, Brit ˈweɪkʌp ˌkɔːl] N

call-up [Am ˈkɔlˌəp, Brit ˈkɔːlʌp] N Brit MIL

call up VB [Am kɔl -, Brit kɔːl -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

Translations for wake-up call in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADV up often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (back up, pick up, sit up, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (back, pick, sit, etc).

1.1. up (in upward direction):

up a bitleft a bit
up United! Brit

II.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] PREP

III.up [Am əp, Brit ʌp] ADJ

IV.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB trans inf

V.up <pres part upping; pt, pp upped> [Am əp, Brit ʌp] VB intr

See also come up to

I.wake1 <pt woke, pp woken> [Am weɪk, Brit weɪk] VB trans

II.wake1 <pt woke, pp woken> [Am weɪk, Brit weɪk] VB intr

III.wake1 [Am weɪk, Brit weɪk] N (for dead person)

See also wake up

I.wake up VB [Am weɪk -, Brit weɪk -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.wake up VB [Am weɪk -, Brit weɪk -] (v + adv)

wake2 [Am weɪk, Brit weɪk] N (of ship)

I.call [Am kɔl, Brit kɔːl] N

4. call (name, describe as):

CALL → computer-assisted learning, → computer-aided learning

wake-up call in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wake-up call in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.wake3 [weɪk] VB intr woke <[or waked], woken [or waked]>

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The ultimate goal of the special was to serve as a wake-up call about invasive species and to inspire citizens to take action.
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He also called the protests a wake-up call.
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Nas has cited that moment as a wake-up call for him.
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It is a wake-up call from one of the genre's most visionary masters.
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It requires a wake-up call at a higher level, she said.
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However, he refuses, insisting that this is a wake-up call for their daughter.
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The chip is a wake-up call to other computer-related industries to advance their products to meet the needs of the new computing power.
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She finally receives her wake-up call when he attacks her in his bedroom.
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The scene is the two of them in a hotel bed, getting a wake-up call at 3 p.m.
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She helped launch a morning wake-up call service in 2002 by personally calling five customers selected at random as part of the service.
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