durmiente
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From dormir (“to sleep”) + -iente. The sense “railway sleeper” is a semantic loan from English sleeper.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
durmiente m or f (masculine and feminine plural durmientes)
Derived terms edit
- célula durmiente (“sleeper cell”)
Noun edit
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 edit
Further reading edit
- “durmiente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014