dream

sueño

Imágenes, emociones y sucesos que aparecen en la mente mientras se duerme.

En inglés sencillo: Pictures, feelings, and events that appear in your mind while you are asleep.

• I had a strange dream.
• She woke up from a frightening dream.
• Do you remember your dreams?

Cómo se usa: dream about someone/something (I had a dream about my old school.)

Expresiones frecuentes: have a dream, bad dream, strange dream, vivid dream

sueño, ilusión

Algo que se desea mucho tener, hacer o conseguir.

En inglés sencillo: Something you very much want to have, do, or achieve.

• My dream is to travel.
• He finally achieved his childhood dream.
• Their dreams of a better life kept them going.

Cómo se usa: dream of doing something (Her dream of opening a café finally came true.)

Sinónimos: ambition, hope, wish

Expresiones frecuentes: childhood dream, dream come true, achieve a dream

fantasía, quimera

Situación o plan imaginado que difícilmente llegará a hacerse realidad.

En inglés sencillo: An imagined situation or plan that is unlikely to become real.

• That plan is just a dream.
• A world without conflict seemed an impossible dream.
• He abandoned his dreams of sudden wealth and found a job.

Sinónimos: fantasy, illusion, pipe dream

Antónimos: reality

Expresiones frecuentes: impossible dream, idle dream, live a dream

soñar

Ver imágenes o vivir sucesos imaginarios en la mente mientras se duerme.

En inglés sencillo: To experience imagined pictures or events in your mind while you are asleep.

• I dreamed about a cat.
• He dreamt that he was lost in a forest.
• Do you often dream when you sleep?

Cómo se usa: dream about/of someone/something (I dreamed about my grandmother last night.); dream that… (She dreamed that she could fly.)

Expresiones frecuentes: dream about someone, dream of something, dream at night

soñar

Imaginar algo que se desea mucho hacer o tener.

En inglés sencillo: To imagine something you would very much like to do or have.

• I dream of a bigger home.
• She dreamed of becoming a singer.
• What do you dream about doing one day?

Cómo se usa: dream of/about doing something (She dreams of living by the sea.); dream of/about something (He dreams about a better future.)

Sinónimos: hope, wish

Expresiones frecuentes: dream of something, dream about something, dream of success

soñar despierto, fantasear

Dejar que la mente imagine situaciones agradables mientras se está despierto.

En inglés sencillo: To let your mind wander through pleasant imagined situations while you are awake.

• Stop dreaming and listen.
• She sat by the window, dreaming.
• He spent the afternoon dreaming instead of doing his homework.

Sinónimos: daydream

Expresiones frecuentes: sit and dream, stop and dream, dream all day