dormirse

dormirse

► verbo pronominal

1 to fall asleep, nod off

2 figurado to go to sleep

■ se me ha dormido el pie my foot has gone to sleep

3 figurado (dejar de esforzarse) to let things slide

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to fall asleep

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VPR

1) [persona]

a) (=quedarse dormido) to fall asleep, go to sleep

no te duermas — don't fall asleep, don't go to sleep

se me durmió en los brazos — she fell asleep o went to sleep in my arms

¡duérmete! — go to sleep!

b) (=despertarse tarde) to oversleep

no llegué a la hora porque me dormí — I didn't arrive on time because I overslept

2) [brazo, pierna] to go to sleep

se me ha dormido la mano — my hand has gone to sleep

3) * (=descuidarse)

si te duermes, te quedarás sin trabajo — if you don't stay on your toes, you'll lose your job

duérmete y no conseguirás nada — if you waste time like this, you won't get anywhere

no te duermas, respóndeme — wake up, give me an answer

- dormirse en los laureles

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(v.) = go to + sleep, fall + asleep

Ex. Instead of throwing his monkeys out and jumping up and down in his crib and laughing like a hyena, he just laid down and went to sleep.

Ex. We might be bored and fall asleep.

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(v.) = go to + sleep, fall + asleep

Ex: Instead of throwing his monkeys out and jumping up and down in his crib and laughing like a hyena, he just laid down and went to sleep.

Ex: We might be bored and fall asleep.

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■dormirse verbo reflexivo to fall asleep: se le durmió un pie, her foot went to sleep
'dormirse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adormecerse
- desvelarse
- laurel
- dormir
English:
fall
- nod off
- sleep
- asleep
- dead
- doze
- drop
- nod

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vpr

1. [persona] [empezar a soñar] to fall asleep;

no puedo dormirme I can't get (off) to sleep;

terminó durmiéndose al amanecer he eventually fell asleep at dawn;

yo con el fútbol/la ópera me duermo soccer/opera sends me to sleep

2. [persona] [no despertarse] to oversleep, to sleep in;

se durmió y llegó tarde she overslept and arrived late

3. [brazo, mano] to go to sleep;

se me ha dormido la pierna my leg has gone to sleep

4. [despistarse]

si te duermes, te quedarás sin entradas if you don't get a move on, you'll be left without tickets;

¡no te duermas y haz algo! don't just stand there, do something!

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dormirse

v/r

1 go to sleep; (quedarse dormido) fall asleep;

no podía dormirme I couldn’t get to sleep;

se me durmió la pierna my leg has gone to sleep

2 (no despertarse) oversleep

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vr

: to fall asleep

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dormirse vb

1. (persona) to fall asleep [pt. fell; pp. fallen]

mi madre se duerme mientras ve la televisión my mother falls asleep while watching television

2. (una parte del cuerpo) to go to sleep

se me ha dormido el pie my foot's gone to sleep