slumber

sueño profundo

Sueño intenso del que cuesta despertarse.

En inglés sencillo: A deep sleep from which it is difficult to wake.

• He fell into a deep slumber.
• Nothing disturbed her heavy slumber that night.
• The exhausted traveller sank into slumber and missed the morning train.

Sinónimos: deep sleep

Antónimos: wakefulness

Expresiones frecuentes: deep slumber, heavy slumber

sueño ligero

Sueño del que uno puede despertarse fácilmente.

En inglés sencillo: A light sleep from which you can easily wake.

• A noise disturbed his light slumber.
• She drifted into a gentle slumber in the chair.
• The slightest touch brought him out of his slumber.

Sinónimos: doze

Antónimos: wakefulness

Expresiones frecuentes: light slumber, gentle slumber

letargo, inactividad

Estado en que no se actúa o no se advierte lo que está pasando.

En inglés sencillo: A state of doing nothing or failing to notice what is happening.

• The crisis ended the council’s slumber.
• New protests woke the nation from its political slumber.
• The campaign shook the public out of years of slumber.

Sinónimos: inactivity, unawareness

Antónimos: activity

Expresiones frecuentes: political slumber, awaken from slumber

dormitar

Dormir ligeramente, de modo que sea fácil despertarse.

En inglés sencillo: To sleep lightly, so that you can easily wake.

• She slumbered lightly in her chair.
• The old man slumbers beside the fireplace each afternoon.
• They were slumbering when a quiet knock woke them.

Sinónimos: doze, nap

Antónimos: wake

Expresiones frecuentes: slumber lightly, slumber in something

permanecer inactivo, aletargarse

Seguir sin actuar o no prestar a algo la atención que necesita.

En inglés sencillo: To remain inactive or fail to give something the attention it needs.

• The council slumbered while the problem grew.
• The authorities cannot slumber through another crisis.
• His unused talents had slumbered for years.

Sinónimos: lie dormant, idle

Expresiones frecuentes: slumber through something, slumber for years