Usage examples of "pila" in Spanish with translation to English

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El reloj se detuvo. Necesita una pila nueva. The clock stopped. It needs a new battery.
Tom tiene una pila entera de boletas de estacionamiento sin pagar. Tom has a whole pile of unpaid parking tickets.
Quisiera pilas para este aparato. I would like batteries for this device.
El reloj se detuvo. Necesito pilas nuevas. The clock has run down. I need new batteries.
Tengo que cambiarle las pilas a la radio. I have to change the batteries in the radio.
No funciona muy bien porque las pilas se están agotando. It doesn't work so well because the batteries are running down.
Ikeda es mi apellido, y Kazuko es mi nombre de pila. Ikeda is my last name, and Kazuko is my first name.
Me tomé la libertad de llamarle por su nombre de pila. I took the liberty of calling him by his first name.
¿Te acuerdas del nombre de pila de tu abuela? No, yo siempre la llamaba abuelita. Do you remember the first name of your grandmother? - No, I just always called her granny.
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