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Old January 04, 2010, 07:53 AM
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Ponerse en hora
Is this a common usage?
What does it mean?
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Is this a common usage?
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poner el reloj en hora to put the clock right (set it to the right time). Perhaps it means to try and be on time.
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to synchronize a clock, or something like that
"El mayordomo recorría la casa poniendo en hora los relojes"


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PD: perikles has a better translation "to put the clock right "
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It was in a newpaper article «Madrid se pone en hora con China»

I now thnk that in this context, it may mean gets in sync with.--- we use sync instead of syncronization in this case.
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Es bueno que seamos hablar de eso aquí porque sin yo sería perdido

Probablemente preguntaría..
¿qué? Madrid y China no están en las mismas zonas horarias!!
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Es bueno que seamos hablar de eso aquí porque sin yo sería perdido

Probablemente preguntaría..
¿qué? Madrid y China no están en las mismas zonas horarias!!
Claro que no.
Pero en el artículo están poniendose sinconizados culturalmente.
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Madrid y China están en la misma zona horaria. Diría el menda.
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