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despertar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • arouse verb To stir up or bring about a feeling, reaction, or interest.
  • awake adj Not asleep; conscious.
  • awaken verb To cause to become awake.
  • awakening noun The act or moment of waking up, or of suddenly becoming aware of something.
  • raise verb To move or lift something to a higher position.
  • rouse verb To wake someone up, or to stir them out of inactivity.
  • sunrise noun The moment the sun comes up over the horizon in the morning.
  • wake verb To stop sleeping, or to rouse someone from sleep.

Senses

despertar is used for these senses in English:

  • arouse (transitive) To wake from sleep or stupor; to rouse.
  • awake (transitive) To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
  • awakening (religion) A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
  • awakening (figurative) Being roused into action or activity.
  • awakening The act of becoming aware of something.
  • raise To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear.
  • rouse (obsolete) To raise; to make erect.
  • stir up (transitive) To arouse or excite (passion or action, etc.).

arouse — full definition

  1. verb To stir up or bring about a feeling, reaction, or interest.
  2. verb To sexually excite someone.
  3. verb To wake someone from sleep.

awake — full definition

  1. adj Not asleep; conscious.
  2. verb To stop sleeping, or to wake someone else up.

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