dormire.
to sleep
Meaning & usage
to sleep
to be inactive, to not be doing anything, to fall asleep, to stand there and watch
Non dormire e mettiti subito a lavoro!
Adesso basta dormire, facciamo qualcosa!
to show no sign of life
to rest in peace
to rest in peace to be buried or in the tomb; to rest
Qua dormono i resti del poeta.
to sleep through something or a lapse of time
to sleep through something or a lapse of time To waste, to not make use of a period of time
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *drem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dr̥m-yé-ti Proto-Italic *dormiō Latin dormīre Italian dormire Inherited from Latin dormīre, from Proto-Italic *dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥m-yé-ti, from *drem- (“to sleep”) + *-yéti.
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