adormecer

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to fall asleep (to pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep)
  2. (intransitive) to oversleep
  3. (transitive) to send somebody to sleep, to lull to sleep
  4. (transitive) to anesthetize
  5. (figuratively, transitive) to soothe, to relieve

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.doʁ.meˈse(ʁ)/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adormecer, from Latin addormīscere. Compare Galician and Spanish adormecer.

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