durmiente

Meaning

Adj

1. (feminine, masculine) sleeping, who sleeps
2. (feminine, masculine) dormant

Noun

1. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) sleeper (person or creature who is sleeping)
2. (Latin-America, by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) railway sleeper, tie

Concepts

sleeper

sleeping

😴

dormant

railroad tie

dreamer

crosstie

tie

Synonyms

traviesa

resalto

lomo de burro

rompemuelles

chapa acostado

policía dormido

policía acostado

lomo de toro

guardia tumbado

reductor de velocidad

policía muerto

giba

lomada

Translations

dormente

Schwelle

schlafend

traverse

travessa

biels

dwarsligger

Bahnschwelle

longherone

traversa

addormentato

longherina

dormante

dormant

Hyphenated as

dur‧mien‧te

Pronounced as (IPA)

/duɾˈmjente/

Etymology

From dormir (“to sleep”) + -iente. The sense “railway sleeper” is a semantic loan from English sleeper.