English-Spanish translations for asleep

• dormido
  Además, es absurdo no incluir los servicios de guardia que pueden pasarse dormidos como tiempo de trabajo. It is, moreover, absurd, not to include on-call duty that can be spent asleep as working time.
  Es solamente cuestión de sentido común considerar que el tiempo transcurrido en el trabajo, ya sea en espera, despierto o dormido, continúa siendo tiempo de trabajo. It is only common sense that time spent at work - on standby, awake or asleep - is still working time.
  Las defensas han caído, a la prensa no le interesa y el Reino Unido está dormido, de modo que impongamos gravámenes a los pobres camioneros. The defences are down, the press do not care and the UK is asleep, so get those unfortunate truckers taxed.
• durmiendo
  No creo que pueda decirse que el Parlamento ha estado durmiendo. I do not think one can say that Parliament has been asleep.
• durmiente
  Pero el Consejo Europeo ha emprendido una nueva dirección al demostrar que la cuestión institucional no está muerta, durmiente, dormida o cualquier otra palabra que puedan utilizar los europesimistas. But where the European Council took a new direction was in showing that the institutional issue is not dead, dormant, asleep, or whatever word the euro-pessimists might use.

Definition of asleep

• In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting
• Inattentive
• Having a numb or prickling sensation accompanied by a degree of unresponsiveness
• dead

Examples

• I was asleep when you called.
• Never disturb a man asleep.
• How could you miss that? Were you asleep?
• My arm fell asleep. You know, like pins and needles.

Related words

• half-asleep
• asleep on one's feet
• fall asleep
• fall fall over fall off fall asleep
• sound asleep
• fast asleep
• fall asleep in the Lord
• be asleep
• be half asleep