despabilar

v.

1 to wake up.

María despabila a los chicos Mary wakes up the kids.

2 to make streetwise.

3 to sharpen.

Se despertó y despabiló sus sentidos He woke up and sharpened his senses...

4 to snuff.

El viejito despabiló la candela The old man snuffed the candle.

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despabilar

► verbo transitivo

1 (quitar el pábilo) to snuff

2 figurado (despertar) to wake up

3 figurado (despertar el ingenio) to make get one's act together

4 figurado (despachar con presteza) to rush off

► verbo intransitivo

1 (darse prisa) to hurry up

■ despabila que tenemos que marcharnos hurry up, we have to go

► verbo pronominal despabilarse

1 (despertarse) to wake up

■ despabílate, es tarde wake up, it's late

2 (avivarse) to get one's act together, buck one's ideas up, wise up

■ ya se despabilará en el colegio he'll get his act together when he gets to school

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verbo transitivo espabilar

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= wake up, smarten.

Ex. I do anticipate, however, that we will wake up sooner or later to this enormous competitive threat.

Ex. Now look at him, he is more mature and has been smartened by adversity which has taught him its lessons on humility.

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* despabilarse = pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out, smarten up.

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verbo transitivo espabilar

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= wake up, smarten.

Ex: I do anticipate, however, that we will wake up sooner or later to this enormous competitive threat.

Ex: Now look at him, he is more mature and has been smartened by adversity which has taught him its lessons on humility.

* despabilarse = pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out, smarten up.

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despabilar [A1 ]

vt

espabilar

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despabilar (conjugate despabilar) verbo transitivo See Also→

◊ espabilar

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despabilar = espabilar

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despabilar

I v/t wake up

II v/i wake up;

¡despabila! fig get your act together!