I wake up in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

Normal speech: me des-PER-to
IPA: /me des.’pjeɾ.to/

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Tips to remember “me despierto”:
– Associate the word with “despertador,” which means “alarm clock,” as both have the root “despert-” related to waking up.
– Think of “despierto” as a combination of “des-” (a prefix often indicating reversal or removal in Spanish, as in “undo”) and “pierto,” a modification of “dormir,” meaning to sleep. Thus, “des-pierto” could be seen as “undoing sleep.”
– Remember that “me” refers to “myself,” indicating that it is a reflexive verb in the first person singular (I wake myself up).

Explanations:
– “Me despierto” is the first person singular present tense of the reflexive verb “despertarse,” which means “to wake up.”
– The reflexive pronoun “me” is necessary because “despertarse” is a reflexive action; the subject is performing the action on itself.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– “Despertar” without the reflexive “se” can also mean “to wake up” when used transitively (to wake someone else up).
– “Levantarse” is related and means “to get up” or “to stand up,” often used to describe the action after waking up.

Conjugations of “despertarse” (to wake oneself up):
– Infinitive: despertarse
– Present: me despierto (I wake up), te despiertas (you wake up), se despierta (he/she/it wakes up; you formal wake up), nos despertamos (we wake up), os despertáis (you all wake up), se despiertan (they wake up; you all formal wake up)
– Preterite: me desperté, te despertaste, se despertó, nos despertamos, os despertasteis, se despertaron
– Imperfect: me despertaba, te despertabas, se despertaba, nos despertábamos, os despertabais, se despertaban
– Future: me despertaré, te despertarás, se despertará, nos despertaremos, os despertaréis, se despertarán
– Conditional: me despertaría, te despertarías, se despertaría, nos despertaríamos, os despertaríais, se despertarían
– Subjunctive (present): me despierte, te despiertes, se despierte, nos despertemos, os despertéis, se despierten

Examples of sentences:
– Me despierto cada mañana a las 7:00. (I wake up every morning at 7:00.)
– Ayer me desperté muy tarde. (Yesterday I woke up very late.)
– Mañana me despertaré temprano para ir al gimnasio. (Tomorrow I will wake up early to go to the gym.)
– Siempre me despierto antes de que suene la alarma. (I always wake up before the alarm goes off.)
– Ojalá me despierte con energía mañana. (I hope I wake up with energy tomorrow.)

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