despertar

Meaning

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

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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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