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
Related terms
Further reading
- “somnoliento”, 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