El verbo sleep en inglés: conjugación, definición, sinónimos y expresiones

¿Cuál es la conjugación de sleep en inglés? ¿Y cuáles son los diferentes sinónimos, definiciones, expresiones y phrasal verbs para dormir?

Tablas de conjugación de sleep en inglés

Conjugación del verbo sleep en indicativo

Verbo sleep en present simple

  • I sleep
  • You sleep
  • He/she/it sleeps
  • We sleep
  • You sleep
  • They sleep

Verbo sleep en present continuous

  • I am sleeping
  • You are sleeping
  • He/she/it is sleeping
  • We are sleeping
  • You are sleeping
  • They are sleeping

El verbo sleep en past simple

  • I slept
  • You slept
  • He/she/it slept
  • We slept
  • You slept
  • They slept

Verbo sleep en past continuous

  • I was sleeping
  • You were sleeping
  • He/she/it was sleeping
  • We were sleeping
  • You were sleeping
  • They were sleeping

Verbo sleep en present perfect

  • I have slept
  • You have slept
  • He/she/it has slept
  • We have slept
  • You have slept
  • They have slept

Verbo sleep en present perfect continuous

  • I have been sleeping
  • You have been sleeping
  • He/she/it has been sleeping
  • We have been sleeping
  • You have been sleeping
  • They have been sleeping

Verbo sleep en past perfect

  • I had slept
  • You had slept
  • He/she/it had slept
  • We had slept
  • You had slept
  • They had slept

Verbo sleep en past perfect continuous

  • I had been sleeping
  • You had been sleeping
  • He/she/it had been sleeping
  • We had been sleeping
  • You had been sleeping
  • They had been sleeping

Verbo sleep en future

  • I will sleep
  • You will sleep
  • He/she/it will sleep
  • We will sleep
  • You will sleep
  • They will sleep

Verbo sleep en future continuous

  • I will be sleeping
  • You will be sleeping
  • He/she/it will be sleeping
  • We will be sleeping
  • You will be sleeping
  • They will be sleeping

Verbo sleep en future perfect

  • I will have slept
  • You will have slept
  • He/she/it will have slept
  • We will have slept
  • You will have slept
  • They will have slept

Verbo sleep en future perfect continuous

  • I will have been sleeping
  • You will have been sleeping
  • He/she/it will have been sleeping
  • We will have been sleeping
  • You will have been sleeping
  • They will have been sleeping

Conjugación del verbo sleep en condicional

Verbo sleep en conditional present

  • I would sleep
  • You would sleep
  • He/she/it would sleep
  • We would sleep
  • You would sleep
  • They would sleep

Verbo sleep en conditional present continuous

  • I would be sleeping
  • You would be sleeping
  • He/she/it would be sleeping
  • We would be sleeping
  • You would be sleeping
  • They would be sleeping

Verbo sleep en conditional perfect

  • I would have slept
  • You would have slept
  • He/she/it would have slept
  • We would have slept
  • You would have slept
  • They would have slept

Verbo sleep en conditional perfect continuous

  • I would have been sleeping
  • You would have been sleeping
  • He/she/it would have been sleeping
  • We would have been sleeping
  • You would have been sleeping
  • They would have been sleeping

Otras formas

El infinitivo de sleep

  • to sleep

Participio presente de sleep

  • sleeping

Participio pasado de sleep

  • slept

El imperativo de sleep

  • sleep
  • let’s sleep

Nota: to sleep es un verbo irregular. Descubre otros verbos irregulares.

Definición de sleep en inglés

¿Qué significa el verbo sleep en inglés?

El Cambridge Dictionary ofrece varias definiciones del verbo sleep.

Veamos las principales:

1. To be in the state of rest when your eyes are closed, your body is not active, and your mind is unconscious

I usually wake up at 8 am but today I slept until 11 am.
→ Normalmente me despierto a las 8, pero hoy he dormido hasta las 11.

2. If a vehicle, tent, etc. sleeps a particular number of people, it provides enough space or beds for that number of people to be able to sleep in it

The boat sleeps 12 passengers in cosy cabins.
→ El barco tiene capacidad para 12 pasajeros en cómodos camarotes.

Para consultar la página completa del Cambridge Dictionary, haz clic aquí.

Phrasal verbs con sleep en inglés

Recordatorio: los phrasal verbs (o “verbos con partícula”) son verbos que, al ir seguidos de otra palabra (la partícula), completan o modifican su significado original.

He aquí los principales phrasal verbs formados a partir del verbo sleep:

  • sleep around → tener sexo con cualquiera
  • sleep in → levantarse tarde / dormir hasta tarde
  • sleep over → pasar la noche en casa de alguien
  • sleep something off → dormir la mona

Sinónimos de sleep en inglés

Según el contexto, se puede sustituir el verbo to sleep por uno de los siguientes verbos:

  • bunk → dormir
  • crash out → caer rendido
  • doze → dormitar
  • drowse → dormitar
  • nap → echarse la siesta
  • repose → descansar
  • rest → descansar
  • slumber → dormir
  • snooze → echarse una siesta

Expresiones con sleep en inglés

  • eternal sleep → sueño eterno
  • put something to sleep → hacer dormir a / sacrificar a
  • sleep like a log → dormir como un tronco
  • sleep mode (sust.) → modo suspensión/reposo (informática)
  • sleep on it → consultar algo con la almohada
  • sleep with one eye open → estar alerta / dormir con un ojo abierto y uno cerrado
  • sleep-talk → hablar dormido

Como to sing, to read, to keep, to fall et to choose, to sleep también es un verbo irregular. Por eso hay que prestar especial atención a las terminaciones en pasado.

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