adormecer
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adormecer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin addormīscere. Compare Portuguese and Spanish adormecer.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
adormecer (first-person singular present adormezo, first-person singular preterite adormecín, past participle adormecido)
- (intransitive) to fall asleep
Conjugation[edit]
References[edit]
- “adormecer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “adormecer” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “adormecer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “adormecer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “adormecer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Old Galician-Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin addormiscere.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
adormecer
- to fall asleep (to pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep)
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 7 (facsimile):
- Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou a Abadeſſa prenne q̇ adormecera anto ſeu Altar chorando.
- This one is about how Holy Mary acquitted the pregnant abbess who had fallen asleep crying in front of her altar.
- Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou a Abadeſſa prenne q̇ adormecera anto ſeu Altar chorando.
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adormecer, from Latin addormīscere. Compare Galician and Spanish adormecer.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
adormecer (first-person singular present adormeço, first-person singular preterite adormeci, past participle adormecido)
- (intransitive) to fall asleep (to pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep)
- Synonym: (Brazil, informal) cair no sono
- Não consegui adormecer. ― I couldn't fall asleep.
- (intransitive) to oversleep
- (transitive) to send somebody to sleep, to lull to sleep
- Synonyms: acalentar, fazer dormir
- (transitive, medicine) to anesthetize
- (transitive, figuratively) to soothe, to relieve
- Synonym: aliviar
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin addormīscere. Compare Galician and Portuguese adormecer.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /adoɾmeˈθeɾ/ [a.ð̞oɾ.meˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /adoɾmeˈseɾ/ [a.ð̞oɾ.meˈseɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: a‧dor‧me‧cer
Verb[edit]
adormecer (first-person singular present adormezco, first-person singular preterite adormecí, past participle adormecido)
- (transitive) to make sleepy, to lull
- (transitive) to make numb
- (reflexive) to go to sleep, or doze off
- (reflexive) to go numb (part of the body)
Conjugation[edit]
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “adormecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
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- Rhymes:Old Galician-Portuguese/eɾ
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- roa-opt:Sleep
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- pt:Medicine
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- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ
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