alert
 adjective
 alerta
EN There was imperative need to be constantly alert; for these dogs and men were not town dogs and men.
GL Cumpría estar constantemente alerta, porque aqueles cans e aqueles homes non eran cans e homes civilizados.
 Fonte: CHA (205)
aleuto
EN His alert foes, baffling every precaution, would break out of some unthought-of-defile, ravage his lands beneath his very nose, and then make off with prisoners and booty to the mountains.
GL Os seus aleutos inimigos, esbandallando todas estas precaucións, irrompían inopinadamente dende algunha portela descoñecida, arrasábanlle as terras baixo o propio bico e despois liscaban para as montañas cos prisioneiros e mailo botín ripados.
Fonte: ALH (89)
vixiante
EN Comic strips could help us to stay alert and prevent the monster of violence from waking up once again.
GL A súa contribución non é pois desdeñable se iso permite mantemos vixiantes e evitar que o monstro da violencia volva espertar.
Fonte: C12 (1595)
á espreita
EN Yet at that instant, humbled and alert in their look, they were lit by one tiny human point, the window of a shrivelled soul, poignant and self-embittered.
GL Pero nese intre, humildes e á espreita, lucía neles un chisco de humanidade; fiestra dunha alma murcha, mordaz e amargada.
Fonte: RET (4074)
noun
alerta
EN Major international bodies went on the alert, UNESCO chief among them.
GL Tamén os grandes organismos supranacionais se puxeron en alerta, empezando pola UNESCO.
Fonte: C08 (695)
aviso
EN Any sound that was not germane to the night would make them alert.
GL Calquera son que non viñese da noite podía poñelos sobre aviso.
Fonte: PER (1529)
..... sound the alert
dar a voz de alarma
EN Since Weiss sounded the alert, public health authorities around the world have observed a de facto moratorium on human experiments with xenotransplantation, which doctors describe as clinical trials.
GL Desde que Weiss deu a voz de alarma, as autoridades sanitarias do mundo enteiro impuxeron de feito unha suspensión dos experimentos de xenotransplante, que os médicos chaman ensaios clínicos.
Fonte: C02 (1054)
transitive verb
alertar
EN Yet something has changed: the scientific community has gained extensive knowledge about the scope and causes of global warming, putting them in a more legitimate position than ever to alert governments.
GL Sen embargo, algo cambiou: a comunidade científica axuntou unha información abundante sobre a magnitude dese fenómeno e as súas causas, o que a autoriza, máis ca nunca, a alerta-los poderes públicos.
Fonte: C06 (738)
avisar
EN Archaeologists were alerted and, for the first time, were able to examine an undisturbed royal Moche burial site.
GL Avisouse ós arqueólogos, que por primeira vez puideron examinar unha sepultura real moche intacta.
Fonte: C26 (219)
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