dormire
Meaning
- (intransitive) to sleep
- (idiomatic, intransitive) to be inactive, to not be doing anything, to fall asleep, to stand there and watch
- (figuratively, intransitive) to show no sign of life
- (figuratively, intransitive) to rest in peace
- (figuratively, intransitive) to rest in peace
- (intransitive, transitive) to sleep through something or a lapse of time
- (figuratively, intransitive, transitive) to sleep through something or a lapse of time
Concepts
be asleep
lay-down, to
catch some Z’s
log Z’s
Synonyms
essere addormentato
cucca’
recuperare il fiato
durmìre
durmì
dormirtene
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
dor‧mì‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dorˈmi.re/
Etymology
From Latin dormīre, from Proto-Italic *dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“run, sleep”). Cognate with Sicilian dòrmiri.
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