despertar

Significado (English)

  1. (intransitive) to awaken, to wake up (gain consciousness)
  2. (intransitive) to go off (of an alarm)
  3. (transitive) to awaken (someone)
  4. (transitive) to alarm (put on the alert)
  5. (intransitive) to become interested
  6. (intransitive) to wake up (become more aware of a situation)
  7. (figuratively, poetic, transitive) to awaken (to excite or to stir up something latent)

Frecuencia

C1
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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