somnífero
Spanish, noun/somˈnifeɾo/
somnífero is spelled S-O-M-N-Í-F-E-R-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 107,397th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Somnífero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “soporific, sleeping pill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does somnífero mean in English?
adjective
- 1
soporific (tending to induce sleep)
noun
- 1
masculinesoporific, sleeping pill
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dice de las sustancias que inducen el sueño.
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 somnífero
- somnífera feminine
- somníferos masculine plural
- somníferas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce somnífero?
- /somˈnifeɾo/
- [sõmˈni.fe.ɾo]
- [sõmˈnifeɾo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to somnífero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is somnífero in Spanish?
somnífero appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).