Polyglot Dictionary

despertar

/dʒispeɾˈtaɾ/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
despertares

Meaning

  1. awakening

    • Foi um despertar difícil.

      It was a hard awakening.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

éveil

éveil is the French word for the same thing — both mean "awakening."

Practice

1 What does despertar mean?

2 Fill the gap: Foi um ___ difícil.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches despertar?

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