dormir
/doɾˈmiɾ/ verb A1- to sleep · Duermo muy bien todas las noches. I sleep very well every night.
- to fall asleep · ¿En qué piensas mientras te duermes? What do you think of while you fall asleep?
- to sleep in · ¿Qué hora es? ¡Me he dormido! What time is it? I've overslept!
- to die; to rest in death · Y así la reina durmió para siempre. And so rested the queen for forever.
- to put to sleep (someone or something) · Los durmió a todos usando un hechizo. He put them all to sleep by using a spell.
- to anesthetize · Solo un médico puede dormir a un paciente. Only a doctor can anesthetize a patient.
- to euthanize, to put down (mainly for pets but also people) · Ayer por la tarde durmieron a mi gato. Yesterday evening my cat was put to sleep.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- dormir
- Gerund
- durmiendo
- Past participle
- dormido
- Present (yo)
- duermo
- Preterite (yo)
- dormí
An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.
From the library
Dormirás muchas horas todavía
Mis viejos mares duermen; se apagaron
Lejos, la ciudad dormía
Y tú, sin sombra ya, duerme y reposa;
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