English-Spanish translations for wake up

• despertar
  ¿Cuándo van a despertar todos ustedes? When are you all going to wake up?
  ¿Podría despertar y hacer algo al respecto? Could you wake up and do something about it?
  Occidente tiene que despertar a las realidades de Afganistán. The West must wake up to the realities of Afghanistan.
• despertarse
• espabilar
• recordar

Definition of wake up

• To awake
• To awaken somebody
• To become more aware of a real-life situation; to concentrate on the matter in hand

Examples

• Wake your brother up; its time for school
• Some businesses were slow to wake up to the importance of the Internet
• Thats the third time youve made the same mistake. Wake up!

Related words

• wake up on the wrong side of bed
• wake up and smell the coffee
• wake up with kisses
• wake up with the chickens
• do not wake up the sleeping lion
• wake-up call
• wake-up