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espertar

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Asturian

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Verb

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espertar (first-person singular indicative present espierto, past participle espertáu)

  1. to awake

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese espertar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *expertare, from *expertus, from Latin experrectus (awoken), perfect passive participle of expergiscor (I awake, I wake up). Cognate with Portuguese despertar, espertar, Spanish despertar and Catalan despertar.

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Verb

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espertar (first-person singular present esperto, first-person singular preterite espertei, past participle espertado)

  1. to awake
    Synonym: acordar
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 200:
      Et en lle sayndo o sange et abalandose moy de rrejo, espertarõse os rromeus et pregũtarõlle que avia.
      And, with the blood coming out from him and he shaking very strongly, the pilgrims awoke and asked him what he had

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Ladino

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espertar (Latin spelling)

  1. to awake, wake up