Esperanto Word of the Day
dormi
/DOR-mi/ • verb — 22nd of Apr, 2026
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Meaning: to sleep; to be asleep
Examples
- Mi devas dormi almenaŭ ok horojn.
(I need to sleep at least eight hours.) - Ŝi kutime dormas frue vespere.
(She usually sleeps early in the evening.) - La infano endormiĝis sur la sofo.
(The child fell asleep on the sofa.)
Synonyms
- dormeti
- ripozi
Use dormi to talk about sleeping in general. Conjugations: Mi dormas (I sleep / I'm sleeping), Mi dormis (I slept), Mi dormos (I will sleep). It also appears in phrases like dormi profunde (to sleep deeply) or endormiĝi (to fall asleep).
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