Desvelarse con sentido: 5 minutos de español / Stay awake with a purpose: 5 minutes of Spanish - 5 minutes of Spanish + Podcast (English version)

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— The important thing is to understand the context and communicate effectively, looking for similar words and cultural elements.

— What do we have today in podcast 245?

— Today we're going to talk about something that happens to us sometimes: we can't sleep and we have insomnia.

— In Spanish, we use the reflexive verb desvelarse. 

For example: (Por ejemplo):

Yo me desvelo y tengo que levantarme temprano.
I stay awake and I have to get up early.

Tú te desvelas y cuentas ovejas.
You stay awake and count sheep.

Ella se desvela y toma un té de tila.
She stays awake and drinks linden tea.

— Siempre va con pronombres reflexivos: me, te, se, nos, les. En inglés se traduce como stay awake o be vigilant. It s always with Reflexive Pronoms; me (myself); te (yourself); se (himself or herself) 

— Pero en México también significa acostarse tarde. Por ejemplo:

— But in Mexico it also means going to bed late. For example:
Me desvelé anoche, fuimos a cenar con unos amigos y luego a platicar. Se nos fue la hora.
I stayed up late last night, we went to dinner with friends and then kept talking. Time just flew by.

— ¡Y en este sentido, es bueno desvelarse de vez en cuando!

— And in this sense, it's good to stay up late once in a while!

— Where does the word come from?

— It comes from the Latin vigilare, related to watching over, that is, staying awake at a time when one should be sleeping. That is also where the word vela (candle) comes from.

— There is another meaning: to uncover something hidden.

For example, a commemorative statue is unveiled at a ceremony.

In this case, desvelar means to reveal.

— Y dime: ¿tú consigues dormir siempre o a veces te desvelas?
Do you always manage to sleep, or do you sometimes stay awake?

— ¿No recuerdas qué significa conseguir? Tienes que escuchar el podcast anterior.

— Don't you remember what it means to achieve? You need to listen to the previous podcast.

— Y dime: ¿tú consigues dormir siempre o a veces te desvelas?
Do you always manage to sleep, or do you sometimes stay awake?

— Algo bueno para no desvelarte es ocupar la mente y aprender cosas nuevas.

— A good way to avoid staying awake is to keep your mind busy and learn new things.

So, if you don’t want to stay awake, study Spanish, go to SpanishUPtoyou and you’ll see how you can speak like a Latin American almost without realizing it.

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