dormitar
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dormītāre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /doʁ.miˈta(ʁ)/ [doɦ.miˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /doɾ.miˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /doʁ.miˈta(ʁ)/ [doʁ.miˈta(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /doɻ.miˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /duɾ.miˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /duɾ.miˈta.ɾi/
Verb
dormitar (first-person singular present dormito, first-person singular preterite dormitei, past participle dormitado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of dormitar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “dormitar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “dormitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dormītāre; cf. also the Old Spanish adormidado, which may have been inherited from the Latin verb's past participle.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /doɾmiˈtaɾ/ [d̪oɾ.miˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: dor‧mi‧tar
Verb
dormitar (first-person singular present dormito, first-person singular preterite dormité, past participle dormitado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of dormitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Related terms
References
- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “dormitar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “dormitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025