despertar

Meaning

Verb

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)

Noun

wakening (act of awaking)

Concepts

awake

awaken

wake up

arouse

awakening

rouse

wake

waken

arousal

raise

stir

wakening

waking up

come alive

dawn

evoke

evolve

ignite

inflame

kindle

pique

Opposite of

cair no sono, dormir

Synonyms

acordar

acordar

acordamento

levantar-se

Translations

despertar

réveiller

despertar

aufwecken

erwachen

wecken

aufwachen

wekken

se réveiller

despertarse

svegliare

erwecken

wakker worden

despertar-se

excito

Pronounced as (IPA)

/des.peʁˈta(ʁ)/

Etymology

Cognate with Galician: despertar

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.