sleep
/sliːp/ verbo A1En español: dormir, jatear, sornar, apolillar
- To rest in a state of reduced consciousness. · You should sleep eight hours a day.
- To have sexual intercourse (see sleep with). · Last night we slept together for the first time.
- To accommodate in beds. · This caravan can sleep four people comfortably.
- To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
- To be dead.
- To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant. · a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps
- To wait for a period of time without performing any action. · After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again.
- To place into a state of hibernation.
Plural sleep · He/she/it sleeps · Pasado slept · Participio pasado slept · Forma en -ing sleeping
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- sleep
- He/she/it
- sleeps
- Pasado
- slept
- Participio pasado
- slept
- Forma en -ing
- sleeping
Un verbo irregular: apréndete de memoria su pasado y su participio pasado.
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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And then they scampered in all directions, for Toto had awakened from his sleep, and seeing all these mice around him he gave one bark of delight and jumped right into the middle of the group.
They carried the sleeping girl to a pretty spot beside the river, far enough from the poppy field to prevent her breathing any more of the poison of the flowers, and here they laid her gently on the soft grass and waited for the fresh breeze to waken her.
So they picked up Toto and put the dog in Dorothy’s lap, and then they made a chair with their hands for the seat and their arms for the arms and carried the sleeping girl between them through the flowers.
We must leave him here to sleep on forever, and perhaps he will dream that he has found courage at last.”
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