dorme-dorme
Portuguese
Etymology
Reduplication of dormir.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɔʁ.mi ˈdɔʁ.mi/ [ˈdɔɦ.mi ˈdɔɦ.mi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈdɔɾ.mi ˈdɔɾ.mi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈdɔʁ.mi ˈdɔʁ.mi/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˈdɔɻ.mi ˈdɔɻ.mi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɔʁ.me ˈdɔʁ.me/ [ˈdɔɦ.me ˈdɔɦ.me]
Noun
dorme-dorme m or f (plural dorme-dormes)
- (Brazil) sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica)
- Synonym: dormideira
Further reading
- dorme-dorme on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
- “dorme-dorme”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “dorme-dorme”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026