What does dormitar in Portuguese mean?

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

The word dormitar in Portuguese means slumber, doze, nod, cochilar, cochilar, cabecear, cochilar, dormitar, toscanejar, dormitar, cochilar. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word dormitar

slumber, doze, nod

cochilar

intransitive verb (sleep lightly) (BRA)

The cat dozed peacefully in the sunlight.

cochilar

intransitive verb (sleep lightly, doze)

Claire turned off her alarm clock and drowsed for a while.

cabecear, cochilar, dormitar

phrasal verb, intransitive (informal (fall asleep) (cair no sono)

Eu cochilei por dez minutos no fim do filme.
I dozed off for ten minutes during the end of the movie.

toscanejar, dormitar

intransitive verb (be half asleep) (meio adormecido)

Matt dozed throughout math class.

cochilar

phrasal verb, intransitive (figurative (person: lose awareness) (BRA)

Enquanto ouvia o discurso entediante novamente, ele começou a cochilar, depois finalmente caiu no sono.
As he listened to the boring speech again he began to fade out, then finally fell asleep.

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