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 le adormeció la cara a Leonardo.

The freezing wind numbed Leonardo's face.

adormecerse

pronominal verb

4. (to become sleepy)

a. to fall asleep

Traté de ver la película, pero me adormecía a cada rato.

I tried to watch the movie, but I kept falling asleep all the time.

b. to go to sleep

Si me siento al sol después de almorzar, me adormeceré sin más.

If I sit in the sun after lunch, I'll just to go to sleep.

c. to doze off

Siempre me adormezco en clase de historia porque no me interesa.

I'm always dozing off in History class because I'm not interested in it.

d. to nod off

Te adormecías en la charla. ¿Es que no te interesa el tema?

You were nodding off during the talk. Aren't you interested in the subject?

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.