despertar

  1. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive) to wake, awaken, wake up
  2. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive) to wake up (a feeling, sentiment), arouse
  3. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, intransitive, pronominal) to wake up (become awake)

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
[dəs.pərˈta]
Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *expertāre, from *expertus, from Latin experrēctus (“awoken”), perfect passive participle of expergīscor (“to awake, to wake up”).

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