adormecer

to make sleepy

adormecer(ah-dohr-meh-sehr)

transitive verb

1. (to make drowsy)

a. to make sleepy

La película era tan aburrida que me adormeció.

The movie was so boring it made me sleepy.

La larga charla del profesor estaba adormeciendo a sus estudiantes.

The professor's long lecture was making his students sleepy.

b. to lull to sleep

Cuando era pequeña, mi mamá me adormecía en una mecedora.

When I was little, my mom used to lull me to sleep in a rocking chair.

c. to send to sleep

La medicina para la gripa que el doctor le recetó a Lily la adormece.

The medicine the doctor prescribed Lily for her cold sends her to sleep.

2. (to lull)

a. to calm

Nada de lo que le decían lograba adormecer la angustia que sentía Edith.

Nothing anyone said could calm the anguish Edith was feeling.

3. (to deaden)

a. to numb

El viento helado adormeció la cara de Leonardo.

The freezing wind numbed Leonardo's face.

adormecerse

pronominal verb

4. (to become sleepy)

a. to fall asleep

Traté de quedarme estudiando hasta tarde pero me adormecí después de un rato.

I tried to stay up studying late, but I fell asleep after a while.

b. to go to sleep

No creo que hoy tenga problema en adormecerme.

I don't think I'll have any trouble going to sleep today.

c. to doze off

El profesor pensó que yo estaba enfermo porque me adormecí en clase.

The teacher thought I was sick because I dozed off in class.

d. to nod off

Necesitas dormir más para que no te adormezcas en clase todas las mañanas.

You need to get some more sleep so you don't nod off in class every morning.

5. (to become desensitized)

a. to go numb

Francis fué al médico para ver por qué se le hinchan y adormecen las manos.

Francis went to the doctor to check why his hands swell up and go numb.

b. to go to sleep

Se me adormeció la pierna y casi me caigo al levantarme del sofá.

My leg went to sleep and I almost fell when I got up off the sofa.

adormecer

transitive verb

1. (producir sueño)

a. to lull to sleep

2. (aplacar; miedo, ira)

a. to calm

3. (pena, dolor)

a. to alleviate, to lessen

pronominal verb

4. (general)

a. to nod off, to drop off

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adormecer

transitive verb

(dar sueño) to make sleepy; send to sleep; (sosegar) to calm; lull;

pronominal verb

adormecerse

1 (amodorrarse) to become sleepy; become drowsy; (dormirse) to fall asleep; go to sleep; [+pierna, mano] to go numb;

2

adormecerse en to persist in