duermevela
Spanish, noun/dweɾmeˈbela/
duermevela is spelled D-U-E-R-M-E-V-E-L-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 180,102nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Duermevela is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “doze, drowsiness (state of being half-asleep, either napping or from exhaustion)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sueño ligero en que se halla el que está dormitando”.
What does duermevela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedoze, drowsiness (state of being half-asleep, either napping or from exhaustion)
- 2
femininedorveille, restless sleep (period of wakefulness or partial wakefulness between periods of sleep)
Estas fábulas ... se las contaba su esposo, que después de muerto volvía a su lado cuando ella estaba en ese periodo que ni estas despierta ni dormida, en esos momentos de duermevela
- 3
femininevivid sleep when one thinks one is still awake
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sueño ligero en que se halla el que está dormitando. 2. Sueño fatigoso y frecuentemente interrumpido.
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 duermevela
- duermevelas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce duermevela?
- /dweɾmeˈbela/
- [d̪weɾ.meˈβ̞e.la]
- [d̪weɾmeˈβ̞ela]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to duermevela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is duermevela in Spanish?
duermevela appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).