somnoliento
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin somnolentus. Doublet of soñoliento. Cognate with English somnolent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /somnoˈljento/ [sõm.noˈljẽn̪.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ento
- Syllabification: som‧no‧lien‧to
Adjective
somnoliento (feminine somnolienta, masculine plural somnolientos, feminine plural somnolientas)
- sleepy, drowsy
- Synonym: soñoliento
- somniferous, soporific, somnolent
- Synonyms: somnífero, soñoliento, soporífero
Further reading
- “somnoliento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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