wake

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despertar

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wake
[weɪk]
sustantivo
1estela (f) (of ship)
  • in the wake of something (sentido figurado) -> a raíz de algo
  • to follow in somebody's wake (sentido figurado) -> seguir los pasos de alguien
sustantivo
1velatorio (m) (on night before funeral)velorio (m) (Am)
verbo transitivo
1despertar
verbo intransitivo
2despertarse

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wake [ueik]
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Velar, estar sin dormir; velar, pasar la noche. (n)
2Despertar, despertarse, dejar el sueño, dejar de dormir. (n)
3Hacerse más vivo y advertido. (n)
4Despertar, cortar o quitar el sueño.
5Despertar, excitar, remover (to revival, arouse, excite).
6Resucitar.
7Velar a los difuntos.
  • Your son woke up early to go to the beach -> tu hijo se despertó temprano para ir a la playa
va.
sustantivo
1Vela o vigilia de un muerto durante toda la noche; costumbre común entre los irlandeses.
2(Gram Bret.) Vela, romería o fiesta de la dedicación de una iglesia, que antiguamente se guardaba velando toda la noche.
3Vela, vigilia, la acción de estar despierto. (Desusado)
4Estela, la señal que la embarcación deja en el agua a su paso. (Marina)
  • A ship in the wake of another -> (Mar.) Un bajel en la estela o las aguas de otro
(Cuba y Mex.) Velorio.

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wake [weɪk] woke waked woken waked
verb:intransitive
(also wake up) despertar; despertarse
if he wakes in the night ...
to wake from a dream/deep sleep/coma despertar(se) de un sueño/sueño profundo/coma
Rhona woke from an uneasy sleep when the coach stopped a man who wakes from a coma to find his country has been invaded when she was sure he wouldn't wake, she got quietly out of bed the world woke this morning to the news of his election victory
on waking al despertar
verb:transitive
(also wake up) despertar
did I wake you? I didn't mean to wake you ssh! you'll wake the baby! I was woken by the phone I didn't want to wake you they were making a racket loud enough to wake the dead
they were making enough noise to wake the dead hacían un ruido que despertaría a los muertos
wake [weɪk]
noun
1 (Náut) estela; (f)
dolphins sometimes play in the wake of boats gulls hovered over the ship's wake
2
wars bring/leave misery in their wake
the tornado brought/left a trail of destruction in its wake el tornado dejó una estela de destrucción a su paso
the war [brought]/[left] famine in its wake strong winds and torrential rain brought death and destruction in their wake in the wake [of] sth as a consequence of it stockmarkets closed for a month in the wake of the scandal the financial problems facing Mr Nadir in the wake of the collapse of Polly Peck The survey was commissioned in the wake of a scandal over a bishop who fathered a son the governor has enjoyed a huge surge in the polls in the wake of last week's convention
in the wake of the storm/riots tras la tormenta/los disturbios; to come follow in the wake of sthor producirse a raíz de algo
the study comes in the wake of a tuberculosis epidemic this decision comes in the wake of the introduction of tough new security measures the proposal comes in the wake of the government's plan to change ... her decision came in the wake of fresh controversy over her relationship cuts in mortgage rates followed in the wake of the Chancellor's announcement in [sb's] wake he followed in her wake we had no choice but to follow in her wake he is not the sort of man who leaves a string of jilted women in his wake /bemused defenders were left floundering in his wake/ as he surged confidently into the penalty area Among opening batsmen he had no peer and left all the others in his wake they came in the wake of the invaders the catalogue of disasters that followed in the wake of the Colonel
wake [weɪk]
noun
(over corpse) velatorio; (m) vela; (f) velorio; (m) especially (LAm)
it was more like a wake than a party I felt I had to attend the wake

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Verb Conjugation for "wake"

Imperative
  • wake
  • you wake
  • he/she wakes
  • we wake
  • you wake
  • they wake
Preterite
  • I woke
  • you woke
  • he/she woke
  • we woke
  • you woke
  • they woke
Present Continuous
  • I am waking
  • you are waking
  • he/she is waking
  • we are waking
  • you are waking
  • they are waking
Present Perfect
  • I have woken
  • you have woken
  • he/she has woken
  • we have woken
  • you have woken
  • they have woken
Past Continuous
  • I was waking
  • you were waking
  • he/she was waking
  • we were waking
  • you were waking
  • they were waking
Past Perfect
  • I had woken
  • you had woken
  • he/she had woken
  • we had woken
  • you had woken
  • they had woken
Future
  • I will wake
  • you will wake
  • he/she will wake
  • we will wake
  • you will wake
  • they will wake
Future Perfect
  • I will have woken
  • you will have woken
  • he/she will have woken
  • we will have woken
  • you will have woken
  • they will have woken
Future Continuous
  • I will be waking
  • you will be waking
  • he/she will be waking
  • we will be waking
  • you will be waking
  • they will be waking
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been waking
  • you have been waking
  • he/she has been waking
  • we have been waking
  • you have been waking
  • they have been waking
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been waking
  • you will have been waking
  • he/she will have been waking
  • we will have been waking
  • you will have been waking
  • they will have been waking
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been waking
  • you had been waking
  • he/she had been waking
  • we had been waking
  • you had been waking
  • they had been waking
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