sleep Significado & definición

Significado de sleep en español

• 0 to be in the state of rest when your eyes are closed, your body is not active, and your mind is unconscious -- dormir

  • We slept in a hotel last night.

  • Did you sleep well?

• 1 to sleep very well -- dormir como un tronco

  • I went to bed early and slept like a log.

• 2 the state you are in when you are sleeping, or a period of time when you are sleeping -- sueño

  • You need to go home and get some sleep.

  • It took me ages to get to sleep (= to succeed in sleeping).

• 3 a period of sleeping -- sueño

  • Why don’t you have a little sleep?

  • You need a good night’s sleep (= a night when you sleep well).

• 4 to begin to sleep -- quedarse dormido

  • Babies often go to sleep after they are fed.

• 5 to kill an animal that is very sick or very old so that it does not suffer any more -- sacrificar a algo

• 6 to close your eyes and go into a deep state of rest, usually at night -- dormir

  • The boy slept for 12 hours. El niño durmió durante 12 horas.

  • to sleep well/badly dormir bien/mal

• 7 (of a house or room) to have beds for a particular number of people -- habitaciones

  • The house sleeps eight comfortably. En la casa hay cama para ocho personas cómodamente.

• 8 the state of being asleep -- sueño [ masculine, singular ]

  • Try to get some sleep. Intenta dormir algo.

  • It took me a long time to go to sleep. Me costó mucho tiempo dormirme.

  • The class was so boring, it put me to sleep. La clase fue súper aburrida, hizo que me durmiera.

  • She talks in her sleep. Ella habla en sueños.

• 9 a time when sb is sleeping -- sueño [ masculine, singular ]

  • a deep sleep un sueño profundo

  • Get a good night’s sleep and you’ll feel better. Duerme bien y te sentirás mejor.

• 10 indicates sth is very easy for sb -- podría hacerlo dormido/da

  • I could take the test in my sleep. Podría hacer el examen dormido.

• 11 (of part of your body) to become numb because of lack of blood -- quedarse dormido/da

  • My whole left leg went to sleep. Toda mi pierna izquierda se quedó dormida.

• 12 to not be worried or bothered about -- no perder el sueño

  • We lost one game – I’m not going to lose sleep over it. Perdimos un partido – No voy a perder el sueño por eso.

• 13 to kill an injured or dying animal with an injection of drugs -- sacrificar

  • They had to put the dog to sleep. Tuvieron que sacrificar al perro.