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dormire

sleep

verb dohr-MEE-reh Less Common

Origin: from Latin dormire

Usage Note

Dormire is a regular -ire verb that does NOT take -isc- (dormo, dormi). The idiom dormire come un ghiro means 'to sleep like a log' (literally 'like a dormouse'), and dormirci su is 'to sleep on it'.

Examples

"I bambini dormono già."

Natural Translation

The children are already asleep.

Literal Translation

The children sleep already.

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