FluentPlex

yawn

/jɔn/ verbo B2

En español: bostezar, abrirse

  1. To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation. (intransitive) · I could see my students yawning, so I knew the lesson was boring them.
  2. To say while yawning.
  3. To present a wide opening; gape. · The canyon yawns as it has done for millions of years, and we stand looking, dumbstruck.· Death yawned before us, and I hit the brakes.

He/she/it yawns · Pasado yawned · Participio pasado yawned · Forma en -ing yawning

+ Guardar para repasar

Formas del verbo

Forma base
yawn
He/she/it
yawns
Pasado
yawned
Participio pasado
yawned
Forma en -ing
yawning

De la biblioteca

These shall wake the yawning maid;
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 20 · C1
In a minute or two the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth and yawned once or twice, and shook itself.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 34 · B2
“Suppose we change the subject,” the March Hare interrupted, yawning.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 53 · B2
“They were learning to draw,” the Dormouse went on, yawning and rubbing its eyes, for it was getting very sleepy; “and they drew all manner of things—everything that begins with an M—”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 56 · B2

Otras coincidencias

Aprende yawn en textos reales

Con una cuenta gratuita, pasa el cursor sobre cualquier palabra de la biblioteca para ver su significado, escúchala en voz alta, guarda palabras para repasarlas al ritmo de tu memoria y descubre cuánto de cada libro ya conoces.

Crear cuenta gratuita
Palabras, significados, pronunciaciones y traducciones de Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); la frecuencia de cada palabra, de wordfreq. Convertido en este diccionario por FluentPlex.