despertar

Significado

Verb

1. (transitive) to wake
2. (intransitive,often,pronominal) to wake up
3. (figuratively,transitive) to awaken
4. (figuratively,transitive) to pique (interest, curiosity)

Noun

awakening

Con guión como

des‧per‧tar

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/despeɾˈtaɾ/

Etimología

From despierto (“awake”) + -ar, or it may correspond to a Vulgar Latin *expertāre, from *expertus, from Latin experrēctus (“awoken”), perfect passive participle of expergīscor (“to awake, to wake up”). Cognate with Galician despertar, espertar, Catalan despertar, Portuguese despertar, and Walloon dispierter.

Oraciones

Los buenos resultados llegaron a despertar la envidia de sus rivales franceses .

The good results came to arouse the envy of their French rivals.

Olguín escribió el libreto de la ópera " Despertar al sueño " de Federico Ibarra .

Olguín wrote the libretto for the opera "Awakening to Sleep" by Federico Ibarra.