despertar
Significado (English)
- (intransitive) to awaken, to wake up (gain consciousness)
- (intransitive) to go off (of an alarm)
- (transitive) to awaken (someone)
- (transitive) to alarm (put on the alert)
- (intransitive) to become interested
- (intransitive) to wake up (become more aware of a situation)
- (figuratively, poetic, transitive) to awaken (to excite or to stir up something latent)
Frecuencia
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/des.peʁˈta(ʁ)/
Etimoloxía (English)
In summary
From Old Galician-Portuguese despertar, from earlier espertar, from 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 and Spanish despertar.
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