sleep1

slept, slept /sliːp/

Translation

v [i]

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⇨ dormir

Sleep well

Que duermas bien

›The tent sleeps four comfortably

En la tienda de campaña entran cuatro personas cómodamente

to sleep like a log (inform)

⇨ dormir como un tronco col.

→ to sleep in→ to sleep sth off [m]→ to sleep on sth→ to sleep through sth→ to sleep with sbVéase tb: to {live/sleep} rough; to send sb to sleep; to sleep rough

(Definition of sleep v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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