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drowse in Spanish

drowse in Spanish is amodorrar, amodorrecer, modorrar — drowse means to make someone or something feel sleepy.

drowse in Spanish

amodorrar
verb
To make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness.
amodorrecer
verb
To make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness.
modorrar
verb
To make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness.

What does "drowse" mean?

  1. verb To make someone or something feel sleepy.
  2. verb To spend time sleepily, or move along in a half-asleep way, usually with 'away'.
    "They slept again, then woke, and drowsed their way slowly towards the late afternoon when the unexpected fever awoke in him—an onslaught so sudden that the symptoms for her seemed instantly recognisable as a rogue attack of malaria."
  3. verb To make someone or something seem dull and inactive, as though sleepy.
  4. verb To feel sleepy or be half-asleep, often with 'away' or 'off'.
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drowse in a sentence

  • They slept again, then woke, and drowsed their way slowly towards the late afternoon when the unexpected fever awoke in him—an onslaught so sudden that the symptoms for her seemed instantly recognisable as a rogue attack of malaria.
  • Ida had kept him awake while he drowsed his way up the old King's Trace in eastern Missouri, feverish and weak.

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What is "drowse" in Spanish?
"drowse" in Spanish is amodorrar, amodorrecer, modorrar. drowse means: To make someone or something feel sleepy.
Are there other ways to say "drowse" in Spanish?
Yes — Spanish has 3 translations listed for "drowse": amodorrar, amodorrecer, modorrar.
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