durmiente

Spanish

Etymology

From dormir (“to sleep”) +‎ -iente. The sense “railway sleeper” is a semantic loan from English sleeper.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /duɾˈmjente/ [d̪uɾˈmjẽn̪.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ente
Syllabification: dur‧mien‧te

Adjective

durmiente m or f (masculine and feminine plural durmientes)

sleeping, who sleeps
La bella durmiente. ― The sleeping beauty.
(heraldry) dormant

Derived terms

célula durmiente (“sleeper cell”)

Noun

durmiente m or f by sense (plural durmientes)

sleeper (person or creature who is sleeping)
(rail transport, Latin America) railway sleeper, tie
Synonym: traviesa

Derived terms

los siete durmientes

Further reading

“durmiente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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