adormecer

v.

1 to lull to sleep (producir sueño).

2 to calm (aplacar) (miedo, ira).

3 to make sleepy, to tranquilize, to cause sleepiness to.

El medicamento adormece al chico The drug makes the boy sleepy.

Ese antialérgico adormece That antiallergic drug causes sleepiness.

4 to numb, to dull.

El sonido adormece los sentidos The sound numbs the senses.

5 to sedate.

El médico adormece al chico The doctor sedates the boy.

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adormecer

Conjugation model [AGRADECER], like {{link=agradecer}}agradecer

► verbo transitivo

1 to make sleepy

2 (calmar) to soothe

► verbo pronominal adormecerse

1 (dormirse) to doze off

2 (entumecerse) to go to sleep, go numb

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1.

VT (=dar sueño) to make sleepy, send to sleep; (=sosegar) to calm, lull

2.

See:

adormecerse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <persona> to make ... sleepy o drowsy

adormece los sentidos — it numbs o dulls the senses

b) <pierna/mano> to numb

2.

adormecerse v pron to fall asleep, doze off

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= tranquillise [tranquilize, -USA].

Nota: También escrito tranquilise o tranquilize.

Ex. In wildlife conservation and research it is often necessary to tranquilise an animal for various reasons.

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* adormecerse = become + numb, be numb.

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) <persona> to make ... sleepy o drowsy

adormece los sentidos — it numbs o dulls the senses

b) <pierna/mano> to numb

2.

adormecerse v pron to fall asleep, doze off

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= tranquillise [tranquilize, -USA].

Nota: También escrito tranquilise o tranquilize.

Ex: In wildlife conservation and research it is often necessary to tranquilise an animal for various reasons.

* adormecerse = become + numb, be numb.

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adormecer [E3 ]

vt

1 ‹persona› to make … sleepy o drowsy

una droga que adormece los sentidos a drug which numbs o dulls the senses

2 ‹pierna/mano› to numb

la picadura le adormeció la pierna the sting numbed his leg, the sting made his leg go numb

■ adormecerse

v pron

to fall asleep, doze off

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adormecer (conjugate adormecer) verbo transitivo

a) ‹persona› to make … sleepy o drowsy;

‹sentidos› to numb, dull

b) ‹pierna/mano› to numb

adormecerse verbo pronominal
to fall asleep, doze off
adormecer verbo transitivo to send to sleep, make sleepy
'adormecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amuermar
- arrullo
English:
lull
- numb

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adormecer

♦ vt

1. [producir sueño] to lull to sleep

2. [entumecer] to make numb

3. [aplacar] [miedo, ira] to calm;

[pena, dolor] to alleviate, to lessen

♦ See also the pronominal verb adormecerse

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adormecer

v/t make sleepy

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adormecer {53} vt

1) : to make sleepy, to lull to sleep

2) : to numb

♦ See also the reflexive verb adormecerse