The verb despertarse is reflexive and means "to wake oneself up" in English. It is a common and frequently used verb in both its reflexive and non-reflexive forms. Despertarse is an irregular verb.
The verb despertarse is irregular in the present tense. It's stem changes from e → ie in all conjugations except for the nosotros and vosotros forms. Apart from these modifications in the present tense, despertarse is conjugated regularly in all other indicative forms.
| Yo | me despierto | Nosotros/as | nos despertamos |
| Tu | te despiertas | Vosotros/as | os despertáis |
| El/Ella/Ud. | se despierta | Ellos/Ellas/Uds. | se despiertan |
Example Sentence:
| Yo | me despertaba | Nosotros/as | nos despertábamos |
| Tu | te despertabas | Vosotros/as | os despertabais |
| El/Ella/Ud. | se despertaba | Ellos/Ellas/Uds. | se despertaban |
Example Sentence:
| Yo | me desperté | Nosotros/as | nos despertamos |
| Tu | te despertaste | Vosotros/as | os despertabais |
| El/Ella/Ud. | se despertó | Ellos/Ellas/Uds. | se despertaron |
Example Sentence:
| Yo | me despertaré | Nosotros/as | nos despertaremos |
| Tu | te despertarás | Vosotros/as | os despertaréis |
| El/Ella/Ud. | se despertará | Ellos/Ellas/Uds. | se despertarán |
Example Sentence:
| Yo | me despertaría | Nosotros/as | nos despertaríamos |
| Tu | te despertarías | Vosotros/as | os despertaríais |
| El/Ella/Ud. | se despertaría | Ellos/Ellas/Uds. | se despertarían |
Example Sentence:
When it is not used reflexively despertar a alguien means to "wake someone up" and follows all the same conjugation rules as the reflexive form. For example:
The non-reflexive form can also mean that something woke you up, like a loud noise. For example:
A common idiom used with the verb despertarse is acabar de despertarse which mean "to just have woken up." Here is an example:
Since waking up is something we do every day, make sure to add despertarse to your list of basic verbs to learn. You will definitely impress your friends with you ability to effortlessly conjugate this popular verb.
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