despabilate

Question

what is the verb form of "despabílate"?

Answer 1

see Ray... that's what I meant... jaja

The RAE gives all of the forms that are no longer used...

But... the use (at least here in Mexico): you say "despabílate"... when someone just woke up... it's like "pull yourself together", "stop being sleepy"... hmm... or something like that...

Thanks Tonyriva, I just found out that despabilarse means to wake up. Pablo. - paulpap, Dec 13, 2010

Thanks mate! I think I have it now . - ray76, Dec 13, 2010

Answer 2

'Despabilarse', in that sense, is a synonym of 'Espabilarse', which in turn means: 'Sacudirse el sueño o la pereza'. In English, "to become fully awake".

By the way, just a hint. If you want to look up a verb in the dictionary, and it happens to be one of the many verbs that is sometimes (or always) conjugated with a reflexive pronoun, always remove that '-se'. Unless the verb is truly pronominal (as in: it cannot be used without the pronoun), you won't find it with that -se.

eg: if you want to look up 'acordar(se)', look up 'acordar' and search for a meaning that has the acronym prnl. or U.t.c.prnl next to the description. A plain 'prnl' means that the verb always needs that pronoun (as 'arrepentirse') for that meaning, whereas U.t.c.prnl. means that it is optional (as 'lavar(se)' )

This could have been posted in the thread where the author complained that our dictionary has no explanation of abbreviations, formatting, configuratiion, etc. - 0074b507, Dec 13, 2010

Answer 3

2nd person imperative reflexive...

I actually was hoping you wanted a translation...I think that's harder to figure out...

Answer 4

Despabilarse

I looked at that MC , but it does not explain what it means. - ray76, Dec 13, 2010

Answer 5

So what does it mean ? I cannot find it in dictionary or transaltion.