- noun
- [over corpse] vetlla. transitive verb [preterite woke, waked, past participle waked, woke, woken]
- [corpse] vetllar.
- to wake (up) despertar.
- (idem) figurative espavilar.
- a noise which would wake the dead un soroll capaç de despertar un mort.
- he wants something to wake him up figurative necessita alguna cosa que l’espavili. intransitive verb
- to wake (up) despertar-se.
- wake up! desperta’t!, espavila’t!
- he woke up to find himself married figurative no se’n va adonar i ja era casat.
- to wake up to find oneself famous esdevenir famós de la nit al dia.
- he’s waking up to the truth ja comença a despertar-se de l’error, ja comença a adonar-se de la veritat.
- [be awake] estar despert.
- waking or sleeping, that thought never left her aquest pensament no la deixava ni de nit ni de dia.
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