notice

aviso, anuncio

Mensaje escrito que informa o advierte a las personas.

En inglés sencillo: A written message that gives people information or a warning.

• Please read the notice.
• They put a notice on the door.
• The notice says the pool is closed.

Cómo se usa: a notice about something (There is a notice about the meeting on the door.)

Sinónimos: announcement, sign

Expresiones frecuentes: read a notice, put up a notice, public notice, printed notice

atención

Atención que se presta a alguien o algo, o conocimiento de que está presente.

En inglés sencillo: Attention paid to someone or something, or awareness that something is there.

• He took no notice of me.
• The change escaped her notice.
• His unusual clothes attracted everyone's notice.

Cómo se usa: take notice of someone/something (Please take notice of the warning.); bring something to someone's notice (She brought the error to my notice.)

Sinónimos: attention, awareness

Expresiones frecuentes: take notice, take no notice, escape someone's notice

aviso previo, preaviso

Información que se da antes de que ocurra algo para que las personas puedan prepararse.

En inglés sencillo: Information given before something happens so that people can prepare.

• The shop closed without notice.
• Please give us more notice next time.
• They canceled the meeting at short notice.

Cómo se usa: give someone notice of something (They gave us notice of the planned closure.); at short notice (We had to leave at short notice.)

Sinónimos: warning, notification

Expresiones frecuentes: advance notice, short notice, without notice

preaviso, aviso de despido

Comunicación formal de que una persona dejará su empleo o será despedida después de un plazo indicado.

En inglés sencillo: A formal warning that an employee will leave or lose their job after a stated period.

• I handed in my notice today.
• He gave his employer two weeks' notice.
• She is working her notice before starting another job.

Cómo se usa: give someone a period's notice (The company gave him a month's notice.); hand in your notice (She handed in her notice on Friday.)

Expresiones frecuentes: give notice, hand in notice, work your notice

notar, advertir

Ver, oír o darse cuenta de la presencia de alguien o algo.

En inglés sencillo: To see, hear, or become aware of someone or something.

• Did you notice my new shoes?
• She noticed a mistake in the letter.
• I hadn't noticed that it was raining.

Cómo se usa: notice that… (I noticed that the door was open.); notice someone/something doing something (She noticed a bird building a nest.); notice someone/something do something (He noticed her leave the room.)

Sinónimos: spot, observe, see

Antónimos: overlook, miss

Expresiones frecuentes: notice a difference, notice something strange, notice someone