/Sounds like 'es-pah-bee-LAR'/
To wake up and get moving — snap out of it, sharpen up, and act with speed and intelligence. In Spain, telling someone to espabila means they're being slow or oblivious and need to step it up immediately.
"¡Espabila de una vez, que llevamos una hora esperándote!"
"Si no te espabilas en este trabajo te van a echar. → Wake up already, we've been waiting for you for an hour!"
"If you don't get your act together at this job they're going to fire you."
/Sounds like 'es-pah-bee-LAR'/
To wake up and get moving — snap out of it, sharpen up, and act with speed and intelligence. In Spain, telling someone to espabila means they're being slow or oblivious and need to step it up immediately.
"¡Espabila de una vez, que llevamos una hora esperándote!"
"Si no te espabilas en este trabajo te van a echar. → Wake up already, we've been waiting for you for an hour!"
"If you don't get your act together at this job they're going to fire you."
Desparche
Estado de aburrimiento total, no tener absolutamente nada que hacer ni plan alguno. En Colombia 'desparche' es lo opuesto a 'parche' (reunión con amigos).