desperté

desperté

"I woke up."

The word 'desperté' is used here in the first-person singular, past tense, to describe the action of waking up oneself from sleep.

Ayer me desperté temprano para ir al trabajo.

Yesterday I woke up early to go to work.

In this sentence, 'desperté' is used similarly in the past tense to indicate the moment of regaining consciousness.

Cuando desperté, me di cuenta de que todo era un sueño.

When I woke up, I realized that everything was a dream.

Here, 'desperté' signifies an awakening or evocation of an interest, showing its figurative use beyond the literal act of waking up.

Desperté un interés profundo en la literatura después de leer ese libro.

I awakened a deep interest in literature after reading that book.