verb · #223
to sleep
Example: El bebé por fin duerme.
The baby is finally asleep.
Spanish → English
dormir
dormir is Spanish for to sleep.
What dormir means
How common is it?
dormir is ranked #223 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It is in the everyday core of the language — common enough that it is worth knowing cold before you move on to specialist vocabulary.
Nearby on the frequency list
Words with a similar frequency to dormir — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- comer — to eat
- beber — to drink
- cocinar — to cook
- levantarse — to get up
- sentarse — to sit down
- abrir — to open
See all 500 most common Spanish words
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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22