fuera de sincronía
/fweɾa de sinkɾonia/from spelling rules
The Spanish phrase for "out of sync" is fuera de sincronía.
The phrase is used to describe things that are not happening or moving at the same time or speed as something else.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase fuera de sincronía is composed of fuera (out/outside), de (of) and sincronía (synchrony).
Which one should you use?
While fuera de sincronía is a standard way to express the concept, you can also use the adjective desincronizado (masculine) or desincronizada (feminine) as a common alternative.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Latin America, particularly in the Southern Cone, the word descompasado is used to mean "out of sync".
How does it change in a sentence?
Because fuera de sincronía is a prepositional phrase acting as an adverbial or adjectival phrase, it does not change its form to agree with the gender or number of the subject.
How do you pronounce it?
/fweɾa de sinkɾonia/
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Examples in context
- El informe está desincronizado con los datos presentados anteriormente.The report is out of sync with the previously presented data.
- Nuestros esfuerzos están fuera de sincronía con los objetivos de la empresa.Our efforts are out of sync with the company's objectives.
- El audio está fuera de sincronía con la imagen.The audio is out of sync with the image.
- Los labios del actor están fuera de sincronía con el audio.The actor's lips are out of sync with the audio.
- Las luces del espectáculo quedaron fuera de sincronía.The show lights ended up out of sync.
- El ritmo de la batería está fuera de sincronía.The drum rhythm is out of sync.
Example conversation
Alejandro and Elena are watching a movie together.
- AlejandroElena, ¿notas algo raro en la película?Elena, do you notice something strange in the movie?
- ElenaSí, las voces están fuera de sincronía.Yes, the voices are out of sync.
- AlejandroEs muy molesto escucharlo así.It is very annoying to listen to it like this.
- ElenaVoy a reiniciar el reproductor.I am going to restart the player.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries de, fuera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
