La Palabra Del Dia: "despertar"
despertar ( deh-spehr-tahr' )
verb ( to wake, to arouse )
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Guidelines:
Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.
Examples:
1. Cuando éramos niños, mi madre nos despertaba a las siete de la mañana los sábados para hacer nuestros quehaceres.
When we were kids, my mother would wake us at seven in the morning on Saturdays to do our chores.
2. Ver "El cascanueces" cuando era pequeña despertó en Samantha un amor por el ballet.
Seeing "The Nutcracker" when she was little awoke a love of ballet in Samantha.
13 Answers
Es muy bonito soñar, pero a veces uno tiene que despertarse y enfrentarse a la realidad.
It is very nice to dream, but sometimes one has to wake up and face reality.
El fin del mundo ya se acerca. Magneto está a punto de apoderarse de todo el mundo, y tú estás durmiendo. ¡DESPIÉRTATE, Javier! Necesitamos que actúes como líder de los Xmen.¡Yaaaaa!
The end of the world is coming. Magneto is about to take over the entire world, and you are sleeping. WAKE UP Xavier! We need you to act as leader of the Xmen. Noooowwww!
I hate it when I wake up in the middle of the night and can't go back to sleep.
Odio cuando me despierto en el medio de la noche y no puedo dormir de nuevo. (Or would "volver a dormir" be better?)
Mañana por la mañana voy a despertarme a las 3 de la madrugada para ir a cazar.
Tomorrow morning I am going to wake up at 3 am to go hunting.
Intenté despertar a mi esposa, pero ella fue demasiada cansada por haber iba de compras.
I tried to wake my wife, but she was too tired from going shopping.
Despertarse temprano no es difícil, pero levantarse es otro cantar.
It's not difficult to wake up early, but getting up is a different matter.
Siempre me despierto temprano para ver la salida del sol .
I always wake up early in order to see the sunrise.
La película despertó en ellos recuerdos de la juventud.
The film revived memories of their youth.
Cada día trato de despertarme temprano, pero me todavía me despierto tarde porque me duermo muy tarde. Everyday I try to wake up early, but I still wake up late because I go to sleep very late.
How is the verb despertar conjugated? Did I do it right? How do you say something like "he wakes her" or in general "someone wakes someone"?
I also noticed that in one of the sample sentences "erámos" was used. Could "fue" also have been used?
Cuando era joven setudiante, yo no tenia un despertador, pero cada dia me despierto en la misma hora.
When i was young student ,I didn't have alarm clock , but i woke up every day at the same time.
A veces es necesario despertarse y oler las rosas.
Sometimes you need to wake up and smell the roses.
A veces parece que todos nosotros caminamos dormidos. ¿Cómo podemos despertarnos?
Sometimes it seems like we are all sleepwalking. How can we wake up?
Un gatito puede dormir muy bien y no quiere despertar solamente cuando tiene hambre.
A kitten can sleep very well and does not want to wake up only when he is hungry.
