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1 despabilar
v.1 to wake up.María despabila a los chicos Mary wakes up the kids.2 to make streetwise.3 to sharpen.Se despertó y despabiló sus sentidos He woke up and sharpened his senses...4 to snuff.El viejito despabiló la candela The old man snuffed the candle.* * *1 (quitar el pábilo) to snuff2 figurado (despertar) to wake up3 figurado (despertar el ingenio) to make get one's act together4 figurado (despachar con presteza) to rush off1 (darse prisa) to hurry up■ despabila que tenemos que marcharnos hurry up, we have to go1 (despertarse) to wake up■ despabílate, es tarde wake up, it's late2 (avivarse) to get one's act together, buck one's ideas up, wise up* * ** * *= wake up, smarten.Ex. I do anticipate, however, that we will wake up sooner or later to this enormous competitive threat.Ex. Now look at him, he is more mature and has been smartened by adversity which has taught him its lessons on humility.----* despabilarse = pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out, smarten up.* * ** * *= wake up, smarten.Ex: I do anticipate, however, that we will wake up sooner or later to this enormous competitive threat.
Ex: Now look at him, he is more mature and has been smartened by adversity which has taught him its lessons on humility.* despabilarse = pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out, smarten up.* * *despabilar [A1 ]vt* * *
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* * ** * *I v/t wake upII v/i wake up;¡despabila! fig get your act together! -
2 despabilarse
1 (despertarse) to wake up■ despabílate, es tarde wake up, it's late2 (avivarse) to get one's act together, buck one's ideas up, wise up* * *VPR1) (=despertarse) to wake updespabílate que son ya las diez — wake up, it's ten o'clock already
2) (=estar alerta) to wake up, buck up *despabílate si no quieres que te tomen por tonto — you'd better wake up o buck up * if you don't want people to take you for a fool
3) (=apresurarse) to hurry up, get a move on ** * *(v.) = pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out, smarten upEx. So the Marxists will have to pull up their socks if they are to prevent the state from sliding back to the lawlessness one had seen prior to 1977.Ex. This man isn't going to stop working, so those of you who can't work because of your 'disability' could do with pulling a finger out!.Ex. The article 'Motherboards smarten up' reports on recent technological developments in motherboards = El artículo "Las placas madres aprenden" informa sobre los recientes avances tecnológicos de estas placas.* * *(v.) = pull up + Posesivo + socks, pull + (a/Posesivo) finger out, smarten upEx: So the Marxists will have to pull up their socks if they are to prevent the state from sliding back to the lawlessness one had seen prior to 1977.
Ex: This man isn't going to stop working, so those of you who can't work because of your 'disability' could do with pulling a finger out!.Ex: The article 'Motherboards smarten up' reports on recent technological developments in motherboards = El artículo "Las placas madres aprenden" informa sobre los recientes avances tecnológicos de estas placas.* * *v/r figget one’s act together
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