awake/awaken
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cual es la diferencia de awake y awaken
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updated Apr 1, 2011
posted by obregon707
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awake - Not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
awaken- Cause to become awake or conscious, stop sleeping
updated Apr 1, 2011
posted by dewclaw
Good answer Dew :) - FELIZ77, Apr 1, 2011
Ese libro habla de un idioma en el que pueden poner 8 o 10 consonantes seguidas, como en "kscmmlkst" (palabra inventada) - lazarus1907, Apr 1, 2011
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Obviando diferencias típicas:
awake = despierto
awaken = despertado
updated Apr 1, 2011
posted by lazarus1907
awaken is a verb in English awakened would be the past participle wake, awake,, awaken are complicated and have regional variances - 0074b507, Apr 1, 2011
I woke up when I was awakened, so then I was awake; it was an awakening! I suggest using "not asleep" & "rouse from sleep"; this old term is hairy! - Lector_Constante, Apr 1, 2011
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Hello Obregon and Welcome to the SpanishDict forum 
awake* adj =1 not sleeping, fully conscious 2 aware of what is going on around you e.g. awake to danger
(To) awake vb 3 to emerge or rouse from sleep 4 to become alert
awaken* vb to 1 awake 2 to cause to be aware of e.g+.: fears awakened by memories of the past
I hope this helps
source: with occasional reference made to The Collins Englsih Dictionary* (and Thesaurus) concise edition and my own work+
updated Apr 1, 2011
edited by FELIZ77
posted by FELIZ77
you mean welcome to teh "soon to cost forum" - dewclaw, Apr 1, 2011
