soñoliento

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swep-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *swépnos

Proto-Italic *swepnos

Latin somnus

Latin -olentus

Latin somnolentus

Spanish soñoliento

Inherited from Latin somnolentus. Doublet of somnoliento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soɲoˈljento/ [so.ɲoˈljẽn̪.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: so‧ño‧lien‧to

Adjective

soñoliento (feminine soñolienta, masculine plural soñolientos, feminine plural soñolientas)

1. sleepy

   Synonym: somnífero

2. somniferous, soporific

   Synonyms: somnífero, somnoliento, soporífero

Related terms

• soñar
• sueño

Further reading

• “soñoliento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025