despabilarse

despabilarse

► verbo pronominal

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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VPR

1) (=despertarse) to wake up

despabílate que son ya las diez — wake up, it's ten o'clock already

yo me despabilo con un café — one cup of coffee and I'm awake

2) (=estar alerta) to wake up, buck up *

despabílate si no quieres que te tomen por tonto — you'd better wake up o buck up * if you don't want people to take you for a fool

3) (=apresurarse) to hurry up, get a move on *

4) CAm, Caribe, Cono Sur (=marcharse) to vanish; (=escaparse) to slip away, slope off *

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

Ex. So the Marxists will have to pull up their socks if they are to prevent the state from sliding back to the lawlessness one had seen prior to 1977.

Ex. This man isn't going to stop working, so those of you who can't work because of your 'disability' could do with pulling a finger out!.

Ex. The article 'Motherboards smarten up' reports on recent technological developments in motherboards = El artículo "Las placas madres aprenden" informa sobre los recientes avances tecnológicos de estas placas.

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

Ex: So the Marxists will have to pull up their socks if they are to prevent the state from sliding back to the lawlessness one had seen prior to 1977.

Ex: This man isn't going to stop working, so those of you who can't work because of your 'disability' could do with pulling a finger out!.

Ex: The article 'Motherboards smarten up' reports on recent technological developments in motherboards = El artículo "Las placas madres aprenden" informa sobre los recientes avances tecnológicos de estas placas.

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despabilarse

v/r fig

get one’s act together