dormir
To sleep, Spanish
Dormir is the Spanish and French verb meaning to sleep.
English speakers encounter it in language classes or while traveling: ¿Dónde puedo dormir? (Where can I sleep?).
The word appears in borrowed phrases like dormir la siesta (to take a nap) and in dormitory, which shares the Latin root.
sleep
Started burning
- reposLender-seized collateral
- somnolenceAbnormal urge to doze
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- dodoVanished flightless bird
figurative
Without movement or progress
lit
Started burning
- reposLender-seized collateral
- somnolenceAbnormal urge to doze
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
stagnant
Without movement or progress
auberge
French country inn
- dormant volcanoCurrently quiet volcanic peak
- college dormitoryOn-campus student housing
- dormitory lifeResidential college experience
- dormant volcanoesCurrently non-erupting volcanic peaks
- dormer windowWindowed projection from sloped roof
- dormitory townResidential area, workers elsewhere