despertó

woke up


Verb despertó

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) preterite indicative form of despertar.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) preterite indicative form of despertar.

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Examples
  • El señor Jordan despertó repentinamente.

    Mr Jordan woke up suddenly.

  • Tom despertó desnudo.

    Tom woke up naked.

  • Ella se desmayó, pero se despertó pronto.

    She fainted, but woke up soon.

  • Tom despertó un poco antes de mediodía.

    Tom woke up a little before noon.

  • Cuando se despertó, recordaba el sueño como una experiencia terrible, y desde ese día empezó a olvidar numerosos detalles importantes de su vida.

    When he woke up, he remembered the dream as a terrible experience, and from that day on, he started forgetting a great number of very important details of his life.

  • Un fuerte golpeteo en la puerta lo despertó.

    A loud knocking at the door woke him up.

  • Ese ruido me despertó.

    That noise woke me up.

  • Tom despertó con dolor de cabeza.

    Tom woke up with a headache.

  • El perro de Tom lo despertó un poco después de medianoche.

    Tom's dog woke him up a little after midnight.

  • El ruido me despertó.

    The noise awoke me from my sleep.

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