The uses of Levantar-se and Acordar

Portuguese Questions Grammar
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De manhã, Eu levanto-me às 11h et tu acordas às 7h respectively mean I wake up at 11:00 in the morning and you wake up at 7:00 in the morning.

Can we use levantar-se and acordar interchangeably regardless of at what time we actually wake up in the morning?

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My understanding is that acordar means to wake up, whereas levantar-se means to get up (or, if translated directly, to “rise oneself”).

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@kareemdjerdjouri, exactly what @Tomas said :slight_smile: Their meaning is not really interchangeable. The first sentence you mentioned translates as “I get up at 11:00…”.

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