English-Spanish translations for awakening

• despertar
  El despertar de la población civil corre un grave peligro. The civilian awakening is at serious risk.
  Este despertar es una de las señales más importantes de nuestro tiempo. This awakening is one of the most important signals of our times.
  Asimismo, los Países Bajos han tenido un brusco despertar. Furthermore, the Netherlands has had a rude awakening.

Definition of awakening

• Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting
• The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep
• Being roused into action or activity

Examples

• the awakening city an awakening discoursethe awakening dawn

Related words

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