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English to Portuguese Dictionary

sleeps Meaning in Portuguese (sleeps significado em português)

dorme
Sinônimos:repousadescansa
dorme in English:sleeps
IPA:dɔʁmi
Phonetic:dôrme
Plural: sleep
Quick Answer • Resumo

O significado de sleeps em português é dorme. (Estar num estado de descanso natural durante o qual a consciência é suspensa e as funções corporais são parcialmente suspensas, ocorrendo tipicamente de forma regular.)

Usage Note: This is the third-person singular present indicative form of the verb 'dormir'. The base verb is 'dormir'.

Definitions of Sleeps

  1. 1
    verb
    dorme

    To be in a state of natural rest during which consciousness is suspended and bodily functions are partially suspended, typically occurring regularly.

    Estar num estado de descanso natural durante o qual a consciência é suspensa e as funções corporais são parcialmente suspensas, ocorrendo tipicamente de forma regular.

Example Sentences

“He sleeps soundly every night.”

Ele dorme profundamente todas as noites.

“The baby sleeps peacefully in her crib.”

O bebê dorme pacificamente no berço.

“She often sleeps late on weekends.”

Ela frequentemente dorme até tarde nos fins de semana.

Synonyms (Sinônimos)

In Portuguese:

repousadescansa

In English:

restsdozesslumbers

Antonyms (Antônimos)

In Portuguese:

acordadesperta

In English:

wakesstays awakeis awake

Inflected Word Forms

infinitivesleep
past tenseslept
present participlesleeping
agent nounsleeper
adjectivesleepy

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

sleeps like a logidiom

To sleep very deeply and soundly.

sleeps inphrasal_verb

To sleep longer than usual, especially in the morning.

let sleeping dogs lieidiom

To avoid interfering with a situation that is currently calm because doing so might cause trouble.