Phrase guide

be awake

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To not sleep, to stay awake. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: يَقِظَ (yaqiẓa) — to not sleep
  • Arabic: يَقُظَ (yaquẓa) — to not sleep
  • Chinese Mandarin: 醒 (xǐng) — to not sleep
  • Czech: bdít — to not sleep
  • Dutch: waken — to not sleep
  • Finnish: olla hereillä — to not sleep
  • Finnish: valvoa — to not sleep
  • French: veiller — to not sleep
  • German: wachen — to not sleep
  • Hungarian: ébren van — to not sleep
  • Japanese: 起きる (okiru) — to not sleep
  • Polish: obudzony — to not sleep
  • Romanian: a fi treaz — to not sleep
  • Russian: бо́дрствовать (bódrstvovatʹ) — to not sleep
  • Russian: бдеть (bdetʹ) — to not sleep
  • Tamil: விழித்திரு (viḻittiru) — to not sleep
  • Vietnamese: thức — to not sleep