Estonian Word of the Day
magama
/MA-ga-ma/ • verb — 26th of Apr, 2026
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Meaning: to sleep; to be asleep or to go to sleep
Examples
- Ma lähen täna varem magama.
(I'm going to sleep earlier today.) - Ta magas terve öö.
(He/She slept the whole night.) - Meie koer magab alati minu voodi kõrval.
(Our dog always sleeps next to my bed.)
Synonyms
- uinuma
- magama jääma
Common infinitive verb for sleeping. Use magab for present tense (he/she sleeps), magas for past tense (slept), and ei maga for negative sentences (does not sleep). A frequent collocation is "magama minna" (to go to sleep).
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