- despertarse
- despertarse► verbo pronominal1 to wake up, awake■ me desperté a las siete I woke up at seven* * *to wake up* * *1.VPR to wake up, awaken
siempre me despierto temprano — I always wake up early
despertar a la realidad — to wake up to reality
2.SM awakeningel despertar religioso — the religious awakening
el despertar de la primavera — the awakening of spring
* * *(v.) = get on + the ballEx. On the other hand, I have to tell some librarians, 'Let's get on the ball and do something else besides have our noses to the grindstone, and think of more fundamental aspects of librarianship'.* * *(v.) = get on + the ballEx: On the other hand, I have to tell some librarians, 'Let's get on the ball and do something else besides have our noses to the grindstone, and think of more fundamental aspects of librarianship'.
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■despertarse verbo reflexivo to wake (up): me desperté aterrorizada, I awoke in terror
La traducción más común es to wake o to wake up. Cuando el verbo lleva complemento, hay que colocarlo entre wake y up: despiértame a las siete, wake me up at seven. To arouse se aplica únicamente en sentido más abstracto a sentimientos, sospechas, etc., y nunca significa dormir: despertar el interés, to arouse one's interest.
'despertarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
dormida
- dormido
- espabilarse
- despertar
- dormir
English:
wake up
- stir
- wake
* * *vprto wake (up);¡despiértate, que ya es la hora! wake up! it's time!;despertarse de la siesta to wake from one's afternoon nap;aún no me he despertado I'm not really awake yetdespertar2 nm1. [de sueño] awakening;tiene muy mal despertarse he's always grumpy after he's just woken up2. [comienzo] rise, emergence;el despertarse de la civilización the dawn of civilization* * *despertarsev/r wake (up)IV m awakening* * *vr: to wake (oneself) up* * *despertarse vb to wake up [pt. woke; pp. woken]¿a qué hora te despiertas? what time do you wake up?
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.