despertar
Asturian[edit]
Verb[edit]
despertar (first-person singular indicative present despierto, past participle despertáu)
- Alternative form of espertar
Conjugation[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *expertare, from *expertus, from Latin experrectus (“awoken”), perfect passive participle of expergiscor (“to awake, to wake up”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /dəs.pəɾˈta/
- (Central) IPA(key): /dəs.pərˈta/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /des.peɾˈtaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb[edit]
despertar (first-person singular present desperto, past participle despertat)
- (transitive) to wake, awaken, wake up
- (transitive) to wake up (a feeling, sentiment), arouse
- (intransitive) to wake up (become awake)
- Synonym: despertar-se
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | despertar | ||||||
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present participle | despertant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | despertat | despertada | |||||
plural | despertats | despertades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | desperto | despertes | desperta | despertem | desperteu | desperten | |
imperfect | despertava | despertaves | despertava | despertàvem | despertàveu | despertaven | |
future | despertaré | despertaràs | despertarà | despertarem | despertareu | despertaran | |
preterite | despertí | despertares | despertà | despertàrem | despertàreu | despertaren | |
conditional | despertaria | despertaries | despertaria | despertaríem | despertaríeu | despertarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | desperti | despertis | desperti | despertem | desperteu | despertin | |
imperfect | despertés | despertessis | despertés | despertéssim | despertéssiu | despertessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
— | desperta | desperti | despertem | desperteu | despertin |
Derived terms[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
- “despertar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
despertar (first-person singular present desperto, first-person singular preterite despertei, past participle despertado)
- (intransitive) to awake (gain consciousness)
- Synonyms: acordar, espertar
- Antonyms: cair no sono, dormir
- (intransitive) to go off (alarm)
- (transitive) to awaken somebody
- (transitive) to alarm (put on the alert)
- (transitive with para) to become interested in
- (transitive with para) to wake up to (become more aware of a situation)
- (transitive, poetic) to awake (excite or to stir up something latent)
- Synonyms: acordar, espertar, desencadear
Conjugation[edit]
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Derived terms[edit]
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From despierto (“awake”) + -ar, or it may correspond to a 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 despertar, Portuguese despertar, and Walloon dispierter.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
despertar (first-person singular present despierto, first-person singular preterite desperté, past participle despertado)
- (transitive) to wake
- Despiértame a las siete, ¿vale?
- Wake me up at seven, OK?
- (intransitive, often takes a reflexive pronoun) to wake up
- No me puedo despertar tan temprano.
- I can't wake up that early.
- (figurative, transitive) to awaken
- (figurative, transitive) to pique (interest, curiosity)
- Fue solo la mención de la posibilidad de juntarnos en el bar la que despertó su interés.
- The mere mention of the possibility of us getting together at the bar that piqued his interest.
Conjugation[edit]
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
despertar m (plural despertares)
- awakening
- Synonym: despertamiento
Usage notes[edit]
- Despertar is a false friend, and does not mean "desperate". The word for "desperate" in Spanish is desesperado.
Further reading[edit]
- “despertar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “despertar” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN
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- pt:Sleep
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- es:Sleep