dormir
Portuguese, verb/duʁˈmi(ʁ)/
dormir is spelled D-O-R-M-I-R (6 letters) and appears 107 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 911th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dormir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to sleep; to be asleep (to rest in a state of reduced consciousness)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “entrar em estado de sono”.
What does dormir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sleep; to be asleep (to rest in a state of reduced consciousness)
O gato está a dormir/dormindo.
- 2
to fall asleep (to become asleep)
Demorou horas até que eu dormisse.
- 3
to have a given type of sleep
Dormir uma soneca.
- 4
to sleep (to be temporarily inactive)
A célula dos terroristas está a dormir/dormindo.
- 5
to sleep with (to have sex with)
Apanhei-a a dormir/dormindo com um rapaz.
- 6
to be constantly
A memória da guerra dorme com o veterano.
- 7
to be dead
Todos (os) meus heróis dormem.
- 8
informalto fall asleep (to temporarily lose blood circulation)
Acordei no meio da noite e (o) meu braço tinha dormido.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. entrar em estado de sono 2. estar em estado de sono
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dormir
- durmo first-person present singular
- dorme present singular third-person
- dormi first-person preterite singular
- dormido participle past
- u-o alternation
- dormires infinitive second-person singular
- dormirmos first-person infinitive plural
- dormirdes infinitive plural second-person
- dormirem infinitive plural third-person
- dormindo gerund
- dormidos masculine participle past
- dormida feminine participle past
- dormidas feminine participle past
- dormes indicative present second-person
- dormimos first-person indicative plural
- dormis indicative plural present
- dormem indicative plural present
- dormia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dormir?
- Brazil /duʁˈmi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [duɦˈmi(h)]
- Brazil /doʁˈmi(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dormir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dormir in Portuguese?
dormir appears 107 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).