posponer
/posponeɾ/from spelling rules
The English phrase "snooze alarm" can be expressed in Spanish using the verb posponer.
While posponer is the verb used to describe the action, when referring specifically to the feature on a device, you may use la función de posponer.
How does it change in a sentence?
To express the specific action of hitting the snooze button, you use the verb posponer followed by the noun la alarma (posponer la alarma).
How do you pronounce it?
/posponeɾ/
Did you know?
- While posponer is the literal translation for the function, a Spanish speaker's most common way to express the feeling of snoozing is to say cinco minutitos más, meaning 'just five little more minutes'.
- Depending on the country or device, the 'snooze' button may be labeled repetir, which literally means 'to repeat'.
- In a colloquial setting, instead of saying they are using the snooze function, a person might say darle al snooze, treating the English word as a Spanish noun.
Examples in context
- Asegúrese de utilizar la función de alarma de posposición si necesita dormir un poco más.Make sure to use the snooze alarm function if you need to sleep a bit longer.
- No olvides posponer la alarma para dormir diez minutos más.Don't forget to snooze the alarm to sleep ten more minutes.
- No puedo dejar de posponer la alarma.I can't stop snoozing the alarm.
- Voy a posponer el despertador cinco minutos.I am going to snooze the alarm for five minutes.
- Si vas a posponer la alarma, llegarás tarde.If you snooze the alarm, you will be late.
Example conversation
Sofía and Daniel are in their bedroom in the morning.
- Sofía¿Vas a posponer la alarma otra vez?Are you going to snooze the alarm again?
- DanielSí, solo cinco minutos más, Sofía.Yes, just five more minutes, Sofía.
- SofíaSiempre haces lo mismo cada mañana.You always do the same thing every morning.
- DanielLo siento, pero tengo mucho sueño.I'm sorry, but I am very sleepy.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
