No. 10,870 in Spanish
despertó
"Woke up."
In a sentence
El niño se despertó temprano para ir al colegio.
The child woke up early to go to school.
In this sentence, 'se despertó' is used to indicate the reflexive action of the subject waking up from sleep.
El ruido despertó a los vecinos en plena noche.
The noise woke the neighbors up in the middle of the night.
Here, 'despertó' is utilized to describe the action of waking someone else up, where the actor causing the action is the noise.
Su pasión por la música despertó gracias a aquel concierto.
Their passion for music awoke thanks to that concert.
In this sentence, 'despertó' metaphorically expresses the arousal or inspiration of a feeling or passion.
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