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sleepy

adjective uk /ˈsliː.pi/ us /ˈsliː.pi/

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Add to word list Add to word list B1 tired and wanting to sleep somnoliento, adormilado Synonym drowsy

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sleepily

(Translation of sleepy from the Cambridge English-Spanish Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translation of sleepy | GLOBAL English–Spanish Dictionary

sleepy adjective /ˈslipi/  comparative sleepier | superlative sleepiest feeling like you want to sleep soñoliento/ta [ masculine-feminine, singular ] The heat was making me sleepy. El calor me hacía sentir soñoliento. (of a town, neighborhood, etc.) quiet and without much activity tranquilo/la [ masculine-feminine, singular ] a sleepy little mountain town un pequeño pueblo de montaña tranquilo

(Translation of sleepy from the GLOBAL English-Spanish Dictionary © 2020 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of sleepy

sleepy Will he please not be so sleepy, but awaken himself and give us an answer? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think you require further words, and with a little trouble, if we were not quite so sleepy, we might, even on the present occasion, find suitable words. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If a driver begins to feel sleepy, this seldom indicates an emergency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I will consider this suggestion in connection with other questions relating to sleepy sickness which are at present engaging my attention. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If a person has been suffering from sleepy sickness, it will have been introduced by disease. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Only two or three years ago in one of the by-elections in my constituency a certain national newspaper referred to it as a sleepy market town. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that we shall end up on a peaceful and sleepy note. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The test is based on the idea that the sleepier people are, the faster they will fall asleep. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. B1

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in Chinese (Traditional) 人, 倦睏的，打瞌睡的, 地方… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 人, 乏困的，瞌睡的, 地方… See more in Portuguese sonolento, com sono, sonolento/-ta… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian झोपाळू, झोप आलेला, शांत… See more 眠い, 眠そうな, 眠（ねむ）い… See more uykulu, uykusu gelmiş, uyku basmış… See more qui a envie de dormir, somnolent/-ente, endormi/-ie… See more somnolent… See more slaperig… See more சோர்வாக மற்றும் தூங்க விரும்பும், ஒரு தூக்கம் நிறைந்த இடம் அமைதியானது மற்றும் அதிக செயல்பாடு அல்லது உற்சாகம் இல்லாமல் இருக்கும்.… See more (थकान के कारण सोने का इच्छुक) उनींदा, निद्रालु, (स्थान का) निष्क्रिय… See more ઊંઘે ઘેરાયેલું, શાંત, નીરવ… See more søvnig, sløv… See more sömnig… See more mengantuk, sunyi… See more schläfrig, verschlafen… See more søvnig, døsig, ørsken… See more اونگھتا ہوا, خواب آلود, خوابیدہ… See more сонний, сонливий, млявий… See more నిద్రమబ్బు, నిద్రిస్తున్న ప్రదేశం నిశ్శబ్దంగా, ఎక్కువ కార్యాచరణ లేదా ఉత్సాహం లేకుండా ఉంటుంది.… See more ঘুম ঘুম ভাব, শান্ত এবং নিরিবিলি স্থান… See more ospalý… See more mengantuk, loyo, sunyi… See more ง่วงนอน, ซึมเซา, ไร้ชีวิตชีวา… See more buồn ngủ, ngái ngủ, im lìm… See more śpiący, senny, spokojny… See more 졸린… See more assonnato, tranquillo, monotono… See more Need a translator?

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