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sleeper

UK: /ˈsliː.pər/ US: /-pə`/

Translation

n [c]
to be a heavy sleeper
tener el sueño pesado
(en un tren)
litera
(en un tren)
coche cama
UK (US railroad tie) (de una vía férrea)
traviesa
espía [in situ]
(Definition of sleeper n from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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