Old Portuguese

Verb

adormecer

1. to fall asleep (to pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep)
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 7 (facsimile):

     Eſta e como ſanta Maria liurou a Abadeſſa prenne q̇ adormecera anto ſeu Altar chorando.

     This one is about how Holy Mary acquitted the pregnant abbess who had fallen asleep crying in front of her altar.

Descendants

• Galician: adormecer
• Portuguese: adormecer

Related terms

• dormir

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese adormecer, from Latin addormīscere, present active infinitive of addormīscō.

Verb

adormecer ‎(first-person singular present indicative adormeço, past participle adormecido)

1. (intransitive) to fall asleep (to pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep)

   Não consegui adormecer.‎

   I couldn't fall asleep.

2. (intransitive) to oversleep
3. (transitive) to send somebody to sleep, to lull to sleep
4. (transitive, medicine) to anesthetize
5. (transitive, figuratively) to soothe, to relieve

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to fall asleep): cair no sono (Brazil, informal)
• (to lull): acalentar, fazer dormir
• (to soothe): aliviar

Derived terms

• adormecido

Related terms

• dormir

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin addormīscere, present active infinitive of addormīscō.

Verb

adormecer ‎(first-person singular present adormezco, first-person singular preterite adormecí, past participle adormecido)

1. to make sleepy, or lull
2. to make numb

Conjugation

• Rule: c becomes a zc before a or o.

Related terms

• dormir
• adormecerse