English-Italian translations for awaken

• destare
  Eppure, invece di destare speranza ed entusiasmo questa evoluzione pare motivare piuttosto la paura dei governi. Instead, however, of awakening hope and enthusiasm, present developments appear, rather, to be giving rise to anxiety among governments.
• risvegliare
  Occorre risvegliare la coscienza della società nei confronti dell'infanzia. We must awaken citizens' consciences where our children are concerned.
  Come risvegliare l’interesse dei giovani e delle donne nei confronti della ricerca? How are we to awaken the interest of young people and women in science?
  In terzo luogo, vi è il potenziale di ricerca europeo, che dobbiamo risvegliare. Thirdly, there is Europe’s research potential, and this we must awaken.
• svegliare
• svegliarsi

Definition of awaken

• To cause to become awake
• To stop sleeping; awake
• To bring into action ; to stimulate
• To call to a sense of sin

Examples

• She awakened him by ringing the bell.
• Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face.
• Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!
• We hope to awaken your interest in our programme.

Related words

• awakening
• awakened
• awakener
• awakeness
• unawakened
• soul awakening