sleep on in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for sleep on in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.sleep [Am slip, Brit sliːp] N

1. sleep U or C:

deep sleep PHYSIOL

II.sleep <pt & pp slept> [Am slip, Brit sliːp] VB intr

III.sleep <pt & pp slept> [Am slip, Brit sliːp] VB trans

I.on [Am ɑn, ɔn, Brit ɒn] PREP on often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (count on, lay on, sign on, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (count, lay, sign, etc).

II.on [Am ɑn, ɔn, Brit ɒn] ADV

III.on [Am ɑn, ɔn, Brit ɒn] ADJ

See also put on, have on, go on, come on, bring on

I.put on VB [Am pʊt -, Brit pʊt -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.put on VB [Am pʊt -, Brit pʊt -] (v + o + adv)

I.have on VB [Am hæv, həv, (ə)v -, Brit hav -] (v + o + adv, v + o + prep + o) (put on)

II.have on VB [Am hæv, həv, (ə)v -, Brit hav -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o) (be wearing)

III.have on VB [Am hæv, həv, (ə)v -, Brit hav -] (v + o + adv) Brit

IV.have on VB [Am hæv, həv, (ə)v -, Brit hav -] (v + o + adv)

I.go on VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + adv)

3. go on (last, continue):

to go on -ing
¡venga! Spain
¡venga ya! Spain

II.go on VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + prep + o)

come on VB [Am kəm -, Brit kʌm -] (v + adv)

I.bring on VB [Am brɪŋ -, Brit brɪŋ -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.bring on VB [Am brɪŋ -, Brit brɪŋ -] (v + o + prep + o) (cause to befall)

sleep on in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sleep on in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.sleep [sli:p] slept, slept N

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Both couples eventually decide to sleep on their respective ideas and confront the other about them in the morning.
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Members were required to sleep on wooden benches 15 in wide, with wooden blocks for pillows.
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He offers her a screen test and advises her to sleep on it, promises to call her the next day.
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Mattresses were a valued item in the prison, so the guards would punish prisoners by removing their mattresses, leaving them to sleep on concrete.
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Many summer nights, the children would sleep on porch roofs, built especially for that purpose.
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People sleep on pieces of cardboard on the dirt floors of the shanties.
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When morning comes, the enemies sleep on, because no light can enter the house.
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The prisoners sleep on the floor in a space 30 cm wide, with ten people per room.
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They sleep on the floor without blankets and sit on special wooden platforms.
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The master could not sleep on a feather bed and have the servant sleep on straw.
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