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despertar.

to awaken, to wake up (gain consciousness)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/des.peʁˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[des.pehˈta(h)]Brazil/d͡ʒis.peʁˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[d͡ʒis.pehˈta(h)]Brazil
  1. to awaken, to wake up (gain consciousness)

    intransitive
  2. to go off (of an alarm)

    intransitive
  3. to awaken (someone)

    transitive
  4. to alarm (put on the alert)

    transitive
  5. to become interested

    intransitive
  6. to wake up (become more aware of a situation)

    intransitive
  7. to awaken (to excite or to stir up something latent)

    figuratively · poetic · transitive
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/des.peʁˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[des.pehˈta(h)]Brazil/d͡ʒis.peʁˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[d͡ʒis.pehˈta(h)]Brazil
  1. wakening (act of awaking)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

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