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просыпаться
Просыпаться is the imperfective reflexive verb for waking up, the form used for a habitual routine. The -ся ending makes it something that happens to you rather than something you do to someone. The perfective partner проснуться describes one specific waking-up event.
Examples in context
Я просыпаюсь в семь утра.
I wake up at seven in the morning.
Он просыпается очень рано.
He wakes up very early.
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