echar un sueño
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “to throw a sleep”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˌt͡ʃaɾ un ˈsweɲo/ [eˌt͡ʃaɾ ũn ˈswe.ɲo]
- Syllabification: e‧char un sue‧ño
Verb
echar un sueño (first-person singular present echo un sueño, first-person singular preterite eché un sueño, past participle echado un sueño)
- to have a nap; to grab forty winks
Further reading
- “echar un sueño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024