alarma

Etymology

Compression of a l'arma! (“to the arms!”). Cf. French alarme, Italian all'arme.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əˈlaɾ.mə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əˈlar.mə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈlaɾ.ma/

Noun

alarma f (plural alarmes)

1. (military) alarm (a call to arms in preparation against an approaching enemy)
2. (by extension)alarm (a warning of any type of danger)
3. (psychology) alarm (fear or apprehension caused by a perceived danger)

Verb

alarma

1. third-person singular present indicative form of alarmar
2. second-person singular imperative form of alarmar

Etymology

From alarm +‎ -a. From English alarm, from Middle English alarme, alarom, from Middle French alarme, itself from Old Italian all'arme! (“to arms!, to the weapons!”), ultimately from Latin arma (“arms, weapons”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧lar‧ma

Noun

alarma

1. an alarm
   1. any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger
   2. a mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention
   3. an instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time

Verb

alarma

1. to alarm
   1. to give (someone) notice of approaching danger
   2. to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert
   3. to surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear

Derived terms

• pagkaalarma

Etymology

alarmo +‎ -a.

Adjective

alarma (accusative singular alarman, plural alarmaj, accusative plural alarmajn)

1. alarming

Verb

alarma

1. third-person singular past historic of alarmer

Verb

alarma

1. third-person singular present indicative of alarmar
2. second-person singular imperative of alarmar

Etymology

From Italian all'arme, allarme; cf. also French alarme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlarma/

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Noun

alarma f (plural alarmas)

1. alarm

Verb

alarma

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of alarmar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of alarmar.