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dormitar

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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    Learned borrowing from Latin dormītāre.

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    Verb

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    dormitar (first-person singular present dormito, first-person singular preterite dormitei, past participle dormitado)

    1. to doze or nap

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    Spanish

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    Etymology

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      Learned borrowing from Latin dormītāre; cf. also the Old Spanish adormidado, which may have been inherited from the Latin verb's past participle.[1]

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /doɾmiˈtaɾ/ [d̪oɾ.miˈt̪aɾ]
      • Rhymes: -aɾ
      • Syllabification: dor‧mi‧tar

      Verb

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      dormitar (first-person singular present dormito, first-person singular preterite dormité, past participle dormitado)

      1. (intransitive) to doze or nap

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      References

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      1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “dormitar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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