sleepy in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for sleepy in the English»Spanish Dictionary

sleepy <sleepier sleepiest> [Am ˈslipi, Brit ˈsliːpi] ADJ

1. sleepy (drowsy):

sleepy expression

adormilado

sleepy expression

somnoliento

sleepy expression

soñoliento

sleepy eyes

de dormido

to be/feel sleepy

tener sueño

to look sleepy

tener cara de sueño

I always get sleepy in the afternoons

siempre me entra or me da sueño por la tarde

2. sleepy (slow-moving, inactive):

sleepy town/atmosphere

aletargado

3. sleepy (inducing sleep):

sleepy afternoon/day/climate

que aletarga

sleepy afternoon/day/climate

que amodorra

Translations for sleepy in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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somnoliento (somnolienta)

sleepy

tengo un apolillo que no veo

I'm terribly sleepy o tired

me atacó una dormidera terrible

I suddenly felt very sleepy o drowsy

tengo tuto, mamá

I'm sleepy, mommy

amodorrar

to make … feel sleepy

amodorrarse

to feel sleepy

me entró una somnolencia terrible

I started to feel terribly sleepy o drowsy

el vino le produce somnolencia

wine makes him sleepy

me entró la sueñera

I began to feel sleepy o drowsy

legaña

sleepy-dust Brit inf

qué modorra tengo esta mañana

I'm so sleepy this morning

sleepy in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sleepy in the English»Spanish Dictionary

sleepy <-ier, -iest> [ˈsli:pi] ADJ

1. sleepy (drowsy):

sleepy

somnoliento, -a

2. sleepy (quiet):

sleepy village

aletargado, -a

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rather sleepy

medio dormido

Translations for sleepy in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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adormecido (-a)

sleepy

adormecer

to make sleepy

tener sueño

to be sleepy

entrar sueño a uno

to get sleepy [or drowsy]

tener hambre/sed/calor/sueño

to be hungry/thirsty/hot/sleepy

tener sueño

to be sleepy

me entró el sueño

I became sleepy

sleepy Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

rather sleepy

medio dormido

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Patients may be awake (not sleepy) yet still have a clouded consciousness (disorder of wakefulness).

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There are many spiritual personalities associated with this sleepy town.

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Thinking it might be a family argument, and being sleepy, he went back to bed.

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Being a sleepy town, it has got a small increase of population of only about 2.5% in the last 10 years.

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It is a sleepy historic town known for its rusting colonial architecture and has been popular with tourists in recent years.

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The toxic components can cause liver failure, referred to as walking disease or sleepy staggers.

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When it opened, the north shore was a sleepy place with wide expanses of beach that were little known outside of the surfing world.

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He chewed on the corn until he grew sleepy, and then he put sand in his mouth, which kept him awake.

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He was credited there with turning a sleepy broadsheet into a lively tabloid.

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The town itself moved from being a small sleepy town to a modern city.

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