adormir
Spanish, verb/adoɾˈmiɾ/
adormir is a Spanish verb meaning “to cause to sleep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Adormecer”.
What does adormir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cause to sleep
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Adormecer.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of adormir
- aduermo first-person present singular
- adormí first-person preterite singular
- adormido participle past
- o-ue-u alternation
- adurmiendo gerund
- adormida feminine participle past
- adormidos masculine participle past
- adormidas feminine participle past
- aduermes indicative informal present
- adormís indicative informal present
- aduerme indicative present singular
- adormimos first-person indicative plural
- aduermen indicative plural present
- adormía first-person imperfect indicative
- adormías imperfect indicative second-person
- adormíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- adormíais imperfect indicative plural
- adormían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adormir?
- /adoɾˈmiɾ/
- [a.ð̞oɾˈmiɾ]
- [að̞oɾˈmiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is adormir in Spanish?
adormir appears about once in every 48 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).