sueño
sueño
ver soñar
masculine noun
1. sleepiness (ganas de dormir); drowsiness (por medicamento)
- ¡qué sueño! -> I'm really sleepy!
- (estoy que) me caigo o me muero de sueño -> I'm falling asleep on my feet
- tener sueño -> to be sleepy
- tienes cara de sueño -> you look sleepy
2. sleep (estado)
- coger el sueño -> to get to sleep (peninsular Spanish)
- conciliar el sueño -> to get to sleep
- descabezar un sueño -> to have a nap
- no pierdas el sueño por él/ello (informal) -> don't lose any sleep over him/it
- no me quita el sueño -> I'm not losing any sleep over it
- sueño eterno (figurative) -> eternal rest
- sueño pesado/ligero -> heavy/light sleep
3. dream (imagen mental, objetivo, quimera)
- esta casa es un sueño (informal) -> this house is a dream
- en sueños -> in a dream
- ni en sueños (figurative) -> no way, under no circumstances
- un sueño hecho realidad -> a dream come true
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sueño [soo-ay'-nyo]
noun
1. Sleep (dormir), the act of sleeping. (m)
2. Vision, dream, the fancies of a sleeping person. (m)
3. Drowsiness, heaviness, inclination to sleep (somnolencia). (m)
- Tengo sueño, -> am sleepy
4. Any fantastical idea without foundation. (m)
5. Shortness, lightness, or swiftness with which something appears or passes. (m)
- Caerse de sueño -> to be overcome with drowsiness
- Conciliar el sueño -> to woo sleep
- Espantar el sueño, to scare away sleep, to prevent sleeping. En sueño -> or entre sueños, dreaming, sleeping
- A sueño pesado -> in a profound sleep; deep sleep; difficult to dispel
- Tener el sueño ligero -> to be a light sleeper
- Se me ha quitado el sueño -> I'm not sleepy any more
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