adjective

dormido

asleep

Es cuando una persona está descansando con los ojos cerrados y no está despierta.

Definition & meaning

Dormido is the masculine singular form of the Spanish adjective and past participle meaning “asleep” or “sleeping.”

It can also describe something that is inactive, dormant, or quiet, especially in a figurative sense.

El niño está dormido. — The child is asleep.
El volcán está dormido. — The volcano is dormant.
El pueblo estaba dormido. — The town was quiet or inactive.

It may also be used in expressions meaning that someone is not alert, inattentive, or slow to react.

Estás dormido. — You are not paying attention / You are slow to react.

Grammar & word origin

Dormido is the masculine singular form:

Masculine singular: dormido
Feminine singular: dormida
Masculine plural: dormidos
Feminine plural: dormidas

It is the past participle of the irregular verb dormir , “to sleep.” As a past participle, it can be used with haber to form compound tenses, or as an adjective:

He dormido bien. — I have slept well.
La puerta está dormida is not normally used literally; for a sleeping person, use está dormida.

The verb derives from Latin dormīre, meaning “to sleep.”

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms

durmiendo — sleeping; emphasizes the ongoing action rather than the state of being asleep.
adormecido — drowsy, numbed, or partially asleep; often suggests a less complete state than dormido.
dormilado — dozing or sleeping lightly; more colloquial and generally weaker than dormido.
inactivo — inactive; applies more naturally to things, systems, or organizations than to people.

Antonyms

despierto — awake or alert; the direct opposite of dormido.
alerta — alert and watchful; focuses on attentiveness rather than simply not sleeping.
activo — active or functioning; the opposite of the figurative sense of “dormant.”