Despierto in english
Awake
pronunciation: əweɪk part of speech: verb
pronunciation: əweɪk part of speech: verb
In gestures
despertar1 = awakening.
Example: Puberty, he describes as 'dreamy and sentimental' and though this may seem a far cry from the teenagers we would recognize that adolescence brings an awakening of emotions, idealism and commitment to a romantic ideal.more:
» duro despertar = rude awakening .
Example: Anyone who loves to be taken away by a good travel yarn will find 'Rude Awakenings' a great adventure.» tener un duro despertar = rude awakening + be in store .
Example: A rude awakening may be in store when they discover that their college or university professors require them to use scholarly resources.despertar2 = arouse ; spark off ; wake up ; awaken ; awake ; rouse ; stir up ; incite ; beckon forth ; knock + Alguien + up.
Example: The appearance of this volume aroused such a furor within and without the British Museum that further publication of the catalog was suspended.Example: Like the librarians and the bookshop staff, the club members are catalysts who spark off that fission which will spread from child to child an awareness of books and the habit of reading them.Example: I do anticipate, however, that we will wake up sooner or later to this enormous competitive threat.Example: In the beginning it does not matter what kind of literature causes this to happen; the great thing is that the critical sense has been awakened.Example: Schucking noted that early step when a child's 'imagination awakes, without corresponding development of the critical faculty,' a step most children make before they reach school age = Schucking noted that early step when a child's 'imagination awakes, without corresponding development of the critical faculty,' a step most children make before they reach school age.Example: The spirit, if not the content, of Marx can be the joust to rouse the sleepy theory of academic sociology.Example: The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.Example: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.Example: Our academic curriculum and is designed to stimulate, challenge, and beckon forth the best from each student.Example: A policeman knocked me up at dawn and told me to pack whatever I could carry.more:
» despertar a la realidad = wake up to + reality ; wake up to + the realities .
Example: Change is close by, the truth grows stronger everyday, people are waking up to reality by the millions. Example: Unless employees wake up to the realities and start making some additional savings, they are likely to end up with a shock when they reach retirement.» despertar de = jolt out of .
Example: In such circumstances SLIS need to be jolted out of their states of unawareness and unpreparedness.» despertar dudas = stir + doubts .
Example: The decision to close, freeze and even discard the card catalogue stirred doubts about the reliability of electronic cagalogues.» despertar el deseo de/por = arouse + in (Nombre) + the hunger for .
Example: That arouses in him the hunger for the extension of knowledge and experience that books can give = Eso despierta en él el deseo de aumentar el conocimiento y la experiencia que los libros pueden proporcionar.» despertar el entusiasmo = capture + the imagination ; work up + an enthusiasm ; grip + the imagination ; catch + Posesivo + imagination .
Example: This paper describes how a middle grade school teacher uses a core list of books to capture the imagination of his students and to encourage them to write honestly about their lives. Example: For this is the way with these common people; they will work up an enthusiasm one minute, and an hour later it will have fled away and left them cold and empty. Example: Texting is a startling modern phenomenon, one that has gripped the imagination of the UK in a very short space of time. Example: Thesaurofacet has caught the imagination of a number of other thesaurus constructors.» despertar el hambre = work up + an appetite .
Example: Then when you've worked up an appetite you can taste the most delicious trout, fresh from the lake.» despertar el interés = provoke + interest ; stimulate + the interest ; stir + interest ; whet + Posesivo + appetite for/to ; heighten + interest ; rouse + interest ; catch + Posesivo + imagination ; capture + the imagination ; capture + Posesivo + interest ; work up + an interest ; pique + Posesivo + interest .
Example: EEC's activities provoke general interest only when they seem to pose a threat to yet another aspect of the British way of life. Example: Continuing differences of opinion on such matters as the Community budget and the Common Agricultural Policy have stimulated the interest of academics and produced a market for their publications. Example: The author's observations of a series of literary evenings for the deaf confirm that such evenings can stir a dormant interest in literature. Example: One part of a novel or long text may be read in order to whet the listeners' appetites for reading the book themselves. Example: Reading may be introduced with music in order to achieve a multisensory experience, heighten interest, and add variety and pleasure. Example: The best reference librarians never find it necessary to rouse their interest in any subject: it is sufficient for them that the topic has been asked about by a reader. Example: Thesaurofacet has caught the imagination of a number of other thesaurus constructors. Example: This paper describes how a middle grade school teacher uses a core list of books to capture the imagination of his students and to encourage them to write honestly about their lives. Example: The author lists World Wide Web sites that capture the interest of curious but not very knowledgeable inquirers. Example: It was at this time that John Hall, together with other public-spirited citizens of that community, worked up an interest in the matter, the proceeds of which were to be used in the construction of a railroad. Example: Indeed, piracy in the Horn of Africa is such a hot topic these days that it is piquing the interest of the world's top security experts.» despertar el interés por = give + Nombre + an appetite for .
Example: This gave her an appetite for change and for other cultures that has stayed with her throughout her life.» despertar emociones = arouse + emotions .
Example: At heart, their spiel is an emotional appeal -- an attempt to arouse emotions that ultimately preclude analysis and other forms of rational thinking.» despertar entusiasmo = arouse + enthusiasm .
Example: This article suggests a number of titles which can be relied on to captivate the young reader and arouse enthusiasm for further exploration of the world of books.» despertar interés = arouse + interest ; raise + interest ; spark + interest .
Example: A series of regular exhibitions has aroused the interest of the public and the collection is steadily increasing as donations are received. Example: I might also use some information from it to help raise interest. Example: Even if the wrong books are occasionally chosen the awards spark interest and intellectual involvement in children's books.» despertar interés por = kindle + an interest in .
Example: The talk had indeed kindled in him an interest in the subject.» despertar la atención = arouse + attention ; give + wake-up call .
Example: This computer-assisted instruction (CAI) system has gradually aroused wide attention and interest and is commonly accepted by Taiwanese educational circles. Example: This organisation gave a wake-up call to governments, non-governmental organisations and the general public to begin or extend literacy by the year 2000.» despertar la curiosidad = arouse + curiosity ; provoke + curiosity ; spark + Posesivo + curiosity ; excite attention ; pique + Posesivo + curiosity ; stir + Posesivo + curiosity .
Example: I'll drop a few hints and clues to arouse your curiosities and to help you start your research. Example: But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street. Example: Indeed, to spark reader's curiosity incomplete and leading remarks are possible the most effective. Example: Bright new copies of an unknown book naturally excite more attention than old 'readers' soiled from overuse. Example: His curiosity was piqued as he glanced at the words again -- 'Would you drop by my office at your earliest convenience?'. Example: Library media specialists can entertain children with holiday storytelling to enhance interest and stir curiosity and with visual aids to spark motivation.» despertar la imaginación = fire + the imagination ; stir + Posesivo + imagination ; fire + Posesivo + imagination ; entice + the imagination .
Example: The article 'Soothing the soul and firing the imagination: thoughts of a trustee on the electronic library' considers the challenges facing library trustees resulting from the electronic revolution in libraries. Example: He also told her stories of his own childhood and stirred her imagination with scenes from days gone by. Example: These early years were her first encounter with the wonders of nature that continue to fire her imagination. Example: The whole media industry exploits the senses and entices the imagination with an unreal world.» despertar la motivación = spark + motivation .
Example: Library media specialists can entertain children with holiday storytelling to enhance interest and stir curiosity and with visual aids to spark motivation.» despertar la sed = work up + a thirst .
Example: The 2.1 km trail is perfect for working up a thirst - just long enough to make you feel like you got a bit of exercise, but short enough that you aren't pining for very long.» despertar las emociones = stir + emotions .
Example: Many people will have experienced the power of literature or other art forms to offer new insight, to provide sources of identification, to stir the emotions, and to release feelings.» despertar la sensibilidad = release + feelings .
Example: Many people will have experienced the power of literature or other art forms to offer new insight, to provide sources of identification, to stir the emotions, and to release feelings.» despertar los instintos más bajos = appeal to + Posesivo + baser instincts .
Example: Something is prurient if it focuses attention on sex not in an artistic way or to teach something, but purely to appeal to your baser instincts.» despertar (mucho) interés = draw + (a great deal of) interest .
Example: The topic of discipline always draws a great deal of interest.» despertar pasión = ignite + passion ; arouse + passion .
Example: Almost as much as the civilian casualties from American bombs and tanks, the destruction of the museum and the library has ignited passions against American troops, for their failure to intervene. Example: Abortion is a subject that arouses passion and controversy, because abortion raises two important issues, namely sex and life, sometimes mixed with religion and ethics.» despertar pasiones = fire up + emotions ; stir up + emotions .
Example: The issue of immigration between EU countries is firing up emotions across the continent. Example: We all know that the thoughts we entertain can stir up emotions and have physiological effects like increasing flow of saliva or anxiety.» despertar la curiosidad = excite + Posesivo + curiosity .
Example: This software is still in its infancy, but its launch excited the curiosity of many users, and produced a spin-off in the form of increased usage of the other two databases.» despertar + Posesivo + interés = attract + Posesivo + interest .
Example: The effect of acid rain on the environment and cultural objects have attracted considerable interest in recent years.» despertarse = get on + the ball ; wake .
Example: On the other hand, I have to tell some librarians, 'Let's get on the ball and do something else besides have our noses to the grindstone, and think of more fundamental aspects of librarianship'. Example: It is often difficult for a person to return to sleep after waking from a nightmare.» despertarse con = wake up to .
Example: When they left it was tipping it down with rain, with bolts of lightning all around them, but on Sunday they woke up to glorious sunshine.» despertarse de = rouse from .
Example: 'Look,' she began, rousing herself from her secret contemplation, 'Cindi Kass doesn't strike me as the type to grieve'.» despertarse de/con un sobresalto = wake (up) with + a start .
Example: Suddently the felt a shock, as if the entire earth had woken up with a start, and then they heard a roll of thunder.» despertarse empapado en sudor frío = wake up in + a cold sweat .
Example: At about 4 am this morning I suddenly woke up in a cold sweat with severe pain under my rib cage.» despertarse pronto = wake up + early .
Example: To wake up early, go to bed early.» despertarse sobresaltado = startle awake ; wake (up) with + a start .
Example: Like the popular image of a prehistoric iceman taken from a glacier and warmed back to life, libraries were startled awake to a new information era = Como la imagen popular de un hombre prehistórico de la edad del hielo sacado de un glaciar y devuelto a la vida, las bibliotecas se despertaron sobresaltadas en una nueva era de la información. Example: Suddently the felt a shock, as if the entire earth had woken up with a start, and then they heard a roll of thunder.» despertarse sorprendido = startle awake .
Example: Like the popular image of a prehistoric iceman taken from a glacier and warmed back to life, libraries were startled awake to a new information era = Como la imagen popular de un hombre prehistórico de la edad del hielo sacado de un glaciar y devuelto a la vida, las bibliotecas se despertaron sobresaltadas en una nueva era de la información.» despertarse temprano = wake up + early .
Example: To wake up early, go to bed early.» despertar sospechas = stir + suspicion ; arouse + suspicion .
Example: Their presence in society may stir suspicion. Example: They were then recruited to act as drug mules -- drug couriers who would not arouse suspicion while carrying heroin - and offered lots of money to carry out this task.» despertar un sentimiento de = stir + a sense of .
Example: Keats contrasted the grim facts of reality, as he had just seen them, with the sense of bliss stirred in him by the song of the nightingale.» destinado a despertar el interés del usuario = highlight abstract .
Example: Highlight abstracts are designed to attract the reader's attention to an article and to whet the appetite.» dormir toda la noche sin despertarse = sleep through + the (whole) night .
Example: Most healthy, full-term, newborn babies can sleep through the whole night without feeding by the time they turn six months old.» no despertarse a tiempo = oversleep ; sleep in ; sleep + late .
Example: Other medical conditions, including depression, can cause people to oversleep. Example: If you feel the need to sleep in at weekends try to make it not more than an hour later than usual. Example: On the days I sleep late I feel lazy and lethargic the whole day.» volver a despertar = reawaken [re-awaken] .
Example: The first weeks are vital, and after that the shop must be constantly on the lookout for ways of stimulating further interest and re-awakening those who lapse.despierto = watchful ; awake ; alert ; on the ball.
Example: Though in the teacher's case it does mean that he is more watchful for opportunities.Example: The public library's sole reason for being is to help people get along in the world, to help school children get better grades, to help preachers write better sermons that will keep the congregation awake, to help newspapermen find facts.Example: The alert interviewer may secure valuable unsolicited information as a by-product.Example: He believes his success will be determined by 'personal attention, being on the ball, attention to detail and consistency of service'.more:
» completamente despierto = wide awake .
Example: Sleep paralysis is characterised by being totally aware and apparently wide awake but literally unable to move a muscle.» esperar despierto = wait up .
Example: Don't wait up for her tonight 'cause she won't be coming home.» estar completamente despierto = be wide awake .
Example: I was wide awake before this class, now it is a challenge to keep my eyes open.» horas en las que Uno está despierto = waking time .
Example: My baby is 2 months old, he spends most of his waking time either whining or whimpering, only occasionally seems content.» imaginación muy despierta = vivid imagination .
Example: A child with a vivid imagination can really scare herself with frightening images.» mantener despierto = keep + Nombre + alert .
Example: Her movie studio supplied her with amphetamines to keep her alert at work and with barbiturates to help her fall asleep at night.» mantenerse despierto = stay + awake .
Example: Users who experience these situations might get the idea that librarians stay awake nights dreaming up ways to frustrate their efforts to find material in the library.» medio despierto = drowsily ; groggily ; bleary-eyed [Generalmente debido al sueño o al cansancio] ; half awake .
Example: Drowsily he slithered out of bed, opened his closet door and got dressed like he had done every morning before. Example: As he groggily pulled the sweat-soaked sheet from his body, he rolled his head sideways to see the clock radio displaying 7:00 a.m. Example: She was seen Sunday morning at 6 AM, only half dressed, barefoot and bleary-eyed outside a friend's house in London. Example: 'Okay, what's up?, you are never this awake in the morning,' I said yawning, still half awake = "Bueno, ¿qué pasa?, nunca estás tan despierto por la mañana," dije bostezando, aún medio despierto.» no muy despierto = slow .
Example: Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.» permanecer despierto = stay + awake .
Example: Users who experience these situations might get the idea that librarians stay awake nights dreaming up ways to frustrate their efforts to find material in the library.» soñar despierto = daydream .
Example: These students were less likely to waste actual study time by doodling or daydreaming and had better note-taking skills .» sueño despierto = waking dream .
Example: To be a novel reader or a suburbanite is to be in a waking dream.» totalmente despierto = wide awake .
Example: Sleep paralysis is characterised by being totally aware and apparently wide awake but literally unable to move a muscle.