What does dormire in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word dormire in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use dormire in Italian.

The word dormire in Italian means sleep, get distracted, sleep, be still, rest, lie sleeping, go to sleep, to look for a place to sleep, sleep with one's eyes open, sleep like a log, sleep like a log, sleep like a log, sleep like a rock, sleep soundly, sleep soundly, sleep soundly, to be dead, sleep standing up, be asleep on your feet, daydream, sleep throughout the whole film, rest on one's laurels, sleep easy, sleep all day, to find a place to sleep. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word dormire

sleep

verbo intransitivo (riposare, coricarsi)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
È tardi, andate a dormire.
It's late, go to sleep.

get distracted

verbo intransitivo (figurato (essere distratto)

Non dormire al volante!
Don't get distracted while driving!

sleep

verbo intransitivo (figurato (essere improduttivo) (figurative)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Non voglio gente che dorme al lavoro!
I don't want people who sleep on the job.

be still

verbo intransitivo (figurato (essere silenzioso)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Tutta la città dormiva.
The whole city was still.

rest

verbo intransitivo (figurato: letterario (essere morto, riposare) (figurative)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Con la sua morte, il nonno potrà dormire in pace dopo anni di sofferenze.
Now that he is dead, granddad can rest in peace after years of pain.

lie sleeping

verbo intransitivo (figurato (giacere dimenticato) (figurative)

Ormai dormiva in lui il sogno di trasferirsi.
Dormant in him was the dream of moving away.

go to sleep

to look for a place to sleep

sleep with one's eyes open

sleep like a log

sleep like a log

sleep like a log

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

sleep like a rock

sleep soundly

sleep soundly

sleep soundly

to be dead

sleep standing up

verbo intransitivo (letterale)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

be asleep on your feet

verbo intransitivo (essere molto stanco) (figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

daydream

verbo intransitivo (non accorgersi di [qc])

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

sleep throughout the whole film

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

rest on one's laurels

sleep easy

verbo intransitivo (idiomatico (essere libero da ogni preoccupazione) (idiomatic)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Ho pensato a tutto, puoi dormire tra due guanciali.
I've thought of everything, you can sleep easy.

sleep all day

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

to find a place to sleep

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