estar a duermevela

English translation: to be tossing and turning

16:11 Apr 3, 2003

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: estar a duermevela

esta expresión se utiliza cuando estamos en la cama en el trance entre estar despierto y estar dormido
gracias con antelación

Frasco

English translation:to be tossing and turning

Explanation:
example

"to help provide a comfortable & supportive sleep system that can actually reduce
Tossing & Turning. This helps you get a deeper, more restful night's sleep so"

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Roser Bosch Casademont
Ireland
Local time: 14:48

Grading comment

gracias mil !!!!
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Summary of answers provided

4 +3

half-asleep/half-awake

Parrot

in a hypnogogic state

William Stein

(a) to sleep fitfully; (b) to doze on and off

VickyG

a light snooze, a frequently interrupted snap // to toss and turn (all night)

EDLING (X)

to be tossing and turning

Roser Bosch Casademont

to be in a light sleep

desdelaisla

Answers

3 mins confidence:

a light snooze, a frequently interrupted snap // to toss and turn (all night)

Explanation:
duermevela sustantivo masculino or sustantivo femenino
pasé toda la noche en un duermevela I tossed and turned all night

La Duermevela (a light snooze, a frequently interrupted snap, a laboured siesta) is the title of their third album. EJB follows his own path and seeks to express a stylized metaphor of symmetry. La Duermevela is a richly poetic collection of tantalising songs that captures a lifetime's worth of experiences for dreamers.

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EDLING (X)
PRO pts in pair: 617

5 mins confidence:

to be in a light sleep

Explanation:
Hope it helps

desdelaisla
Local time: 15:48
Native speaker of:

Catalan,

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 13

5 mins confidence:

to be tossing and turning

Roser Bosch Casademont
Ireland
Local time: 14:48
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

Catalan
PRO pts in pair: 23

Grading comment

gracias mil !!!!

15 mins confidence:

in a hypnogogic state

Explanation:
This is the technical term:

Main Entry: hyp·na·go·gic
Variant(s): also hyp·no·go·gic /"hip-n&-'gä-jik, -'gO-/
Function: adjective
Etymology: French hypnagogique, from Greek hypn- + -agOgos leading, inducing, from agein to lead -- more at AGENT
Date: 1886
: of, relating to, or associated with the drowsiness preceding sleep

William Stein
Costa Rica
Local time: 07:48
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 1214

41 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

half-asleep/half-awake

Explanation:
Post-KudoZ comment. "Duermevela" does not necessarily imply restlessless. In terms of REM and related sleep studies, it is, in fact, one of the most relaxed (alpha) states measurable by biofeedback.

Parrot
Spain
Local time: 15:48
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 7645

2481 days confidence:

(a) to sleep fitfully; (b) to doze on and off

Explanation:
Sleeping fitfully is not relaxing and generally implies that one wishes to sleep more soundly.

Perhaps less appropriate here but still pertinent, dozing on and off can be something one does, say, in front of the TV, when one would wish to stay awake rather than to fall asleep. It would be more akin to "dormitar".

VickyG
Local time: 15:48
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

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