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1 adormecer
v.1 to lull to sleep (producir sueño).2 to calm (aplacar) (miedo, ira).3 to make sleepy, to tranquilize, to cause sleepiness to.El medicamento adormece al chico The drug makes the boy sleepy.Ese antialérgico adormece That antiallergic drug causes sleepiness.4 to numb, to dull.El sonido adormece los sentidos The sound numbs the senses.5 to sedate.El médico adormece al chico The doctor sedates the boy.* * *1 to make sleepy2 (calmar) to soothe1 (dormirse) to doze off2 (entumecerse) to go to sleep, go numb* * *1.VT (=dar sueño) to make sleepy, send to sleep; (=sosegar) to calm, lull2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) < persona> to make... sleepy o drowsyadormece los sentidos — it numbs o dulls the senses
b) <pierna/mano> to numb2.adormecerse v pron to fall asleep, doze off* * *= tranquillise [tranquilize, -USA].Nota: También escrito tranquilise o tranquilize.Ex. In wildlife conservation and research it is often necessary to tranquilise an animal for various reasons.----* adormecerse = become + numb, be numb.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) < persona> to make... sleepy o drowsyadormece los sentidos — it numbs o dulls the senses
b) <pierna/mano> to numb2.adormecerse v pron to fall asleep, doze off* * *= tranquillise [tranquilize, -USA].Nota: También escrito tranquilise o tranquilize.Ex: In wildlife conservation and research it is often necessary to tranquilise an animal for various reasons.
* adormecerse = become + numb, be numb.* * *adormecer [E3 ]vt1 ‹persona› to make … sleepy o drowsyuna droga que adormece los sentidos a drug which numbs o dulls the senses2 ‹pierna/mano› to numbla picadura le adormeció la pierna the sting numbed his leg, the sting made his leg go numbto fall asleep, doze off* * *
adormecer ( conjugate adormecer) verbo transitivo
‹ sentidos› to numb, dull
adormecerse verbo pronominal
to fall asleep, doze off
adormecer verbo transitivo to send to sleep, make sleepy
' adormecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amuermar
- arrullo
English:
lull
- numb
* * *♦ vt1. [producir sueño] to lull to sleep2. [entumecer] to make numb3. [aplacar] [miedo, ira] to calm;[pena, dolor] to alleviate, to lessen* * *v/t make sleepy* * *adormecer {53} vt1) : to make sleepy, to lull to sleep2) : to numb
См. также в других словарях:
adormecer — v tr (Se conjuga como agradecer, la) 1 Producir algo o alguien sueño en otra persona o en algún animal: El calor adormece, Sus arrullos adormecieron al bebé 2 Hacer que el cuerpo o parte de él pierda sensibilidad: La picadura del alacrán le… … Español en México
