desperté

In a sentence

• Ayer me desperté temprano para ir al trabajo.

  Yesterday I woke up early to go to work.

  The word 'desperté' is used here in the first-person singular, past tense, to describe the action of waking up oneself from sleep.

• Cuando desperté, me di cuenta de que todo era un sueño.

  When I woke up, I realized that everything was a dream.

  In this sentence, 'desperté' is used similarly in the past tense to indicate the moment of regaining consciousness.

• Desperté un interés profundo en la literatura después de leer ese libro.

  I awakened a deep interest in literature after reading that book.

  Here, 'desperté' signifies an awakening or evocation of an interest, showing its figurative use beyond the literal act of waking up.