adormecer

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adormecer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin addormīscere. Compare Portuguese and Spanish adormecer.

• IPA^(key): [aðoɾmeˈθeɾ], (western) [aðoɾmeˈseɾ]

adormecer (first-person singular present adormezo, first-person singular preterite adormecín, past participle adormecido)
adormecer (first-person singular present adormeço, first-person singular preterite adormecim or adormeci, past participle adormecido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (intransitive) to fall asleep

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “adormecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “adormecer”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “adormecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “adormecer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “adormecer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “adormecer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• dormecer

Inherited from Latin addormiscere.

• IPA^(key): /a.doɾ.meˈt͡seɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ

adormecer

1. to fall asleep (to pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep)
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, 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.

• dormir

• Galician: adormecer
• Portuguese: adormecer

• Universo Cantigas - "adormecer"

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese adormecer, from Latin addormīscere. Compare Galician and Spanish adormecer.

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

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

   Synonym: (Brazil, informal) cair no sono

   Não consegui adormecer. ― I couldn't fall asleep.

2. (intransitive) to oversleep
3. (transitive) to send somebody to sleep, to lull to sleep

   Synonyms: acalentar, fazer dormir

4. (transitive, medicine) to anesthetize
5. (transitive, figuratively) to soothe, to relieve

   Synonym: aliviar

Inherited from Latin addormīscere. Compare Galician and Portuguese adormecer.

• IPA^(key): /adoɾmeˈθeɾ/ [a.ð̞oɾ.meˈθeɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /adoɾmeˈseɾ/ [a.ð̞oɾ.meˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: a‧dor‧me‧cer

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

1. (transitive) to make sleepy, to lull
2. (transitive) to make numb
3. (reflexive) to go to sleep, or doze off
4. (reflexive) to go numb (part of the body)

• “adormecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024