alert

atento, alerta

Despierto y pendiente de lo que ocurre, preparado para darse cuenta de algo o reaccionar.

En inglés sencillo: Awake and paying close attention, ready to notice or respond to something.

• Coffee helps me stay alert.
• The dog remained alert all night.
• She was alert to every small sound.

Cómo se usa: alert to something (Drivers must be alert to sudden changes in traffic.)

Sinónimos: attentive, watchful, vigilant

Antónimos: inattentive, drowsy

Expresiones frecuentes: stay alert, fully alert, alert to danger

notificación, aviso

Mensaje que llama tu atención sobre información importante o algún cambio.

En inglés sencillo: A message that draws your attention to important information or a change.

• My phone showed a news alert.
• You can receive alerts when prices change.
• I turned off email alerts during the meeting.

Sinónimos: notification, notice

Expresiones frecuentes: email alert, news alert, receive an alert

alerta, alarma

Aviso de que puede haber peligro o problemas cerca, a menudo mediante un sonido o una señal.

En inglés sencillo: A warning that danger or trouble may be near, often given by a sound or signal.

• A fire alert woke us.
• Officials issued an alert about rising river levels.
• The system sounds an alert when smoke appears.

Sinónimos: warning, alarm

Expresiones frecuentes: fire alert, sound an alert, flood alert

alerta, estado de alerta

Estado en que las fuerzas militares están listas para actuar o combatir con poco aviso.

En inglés sencillo: A state in which military forces are ready to act or fight at short notice.

• The soldiers are on alert.
• Enemy movements prompted a higher state of alert.
• Several aircraft remained on airborne alert overnight.

Cómo se usa: on alert (The troops remained on alert near the border.); put someone on alert (The commander put all units on alert.)

Sinónimos: readiness

Expresiones frecuentes: on alert, high alert, airborne alert

alertar, avisar

Informar a alguien de un peligro, un problema o un dato importante al que debe prestar atención.

En inglés sencillo: To tell someone about a danger, problem, or important fact they need to notice.

• Please alert the police.
• A neighbor alerted us to the fire.
• The app alerts users when their account balance is low.

Cómo se usa: alert someone to something (She alerted us to a problem with the heating.); alert someone that… (The message alerted staff that the building was unsafe.)

Sinónimos: warn, notify, inform

Expresiones frecuentes: alert the police, alert someone to, alert staff