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adorm
I fall asleep /aˈdorm/
verb#5344 most common
Also: to put to sleep, to doze off, to lull to sleep
Example sentences
Eu adorm devreme în fiecare seară.
I fall asleep early every evening.
Copilul adoarme repede după poveste.
The child falls asleep quickly after the story.
Mama îl adoarme pe bebeluș cântându-i un cântec de leagăn.
The mother lulls the baby to sleep by singing it a lullaby.
Dacă citesc prea mult noaptea, adorm cu cartea în mână.
If I read too much at night, I fall asleep with the book in my hand.
De îndată ce se lasă liniștea, copiii adorm unul câte unul.
As soon as silence falls, the children fall asleep one by one.
Deși încerca să reziste oboselii, adormise deja înainte ca filmul să se termine.
Although he tried to resist his fatigue, he had already fallen asleep before the film ended.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | adorm | adormii | voi adormi |
| 2sg | adormi | adormiși | vei adormi |
| 3sg | adoarme | adormi | va adormi |
| 1pl | adormim | adormirăm | vom adormi |
| 2pl | adormiți | adormirăți | veți adormi |
| 3pl | adorm | adormiră | vor adormi |
Word family
adormitasleep, drowsy
adormirethe act of falling asleep
a dormito sleep
dormitorbedroomnedormitsleep-deprived
Etymology
Adorm is a present-tense form of the verb a adormi, built from the prefix a- attached to the root dormi. Dormi comes from Latin dormire, meaning to sleep. The prefix shifts the sense from a steady state, sleeping, to the moment of entering it, falling asleep. The same Latin root spread across the Romance languages and gave English borrowings like dormant and dormitory.
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