B1verb · intransitive · rare

nap

nap · naps · napped · napping

подрімати, дрімати, кемарити, кимарити

вздремнуть, подремать, дремать

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To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the dayTo have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.

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/næp/

» Tom says he needs a nap.

Том сказал, что ему нужно вздремнуть. — odexed

Том сказав, що йому треба здрімнути. — deniko

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Meaning

5 senses

To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
ein Nickerchen machen
дрема́тьdremátʹ, подрема́тьpodremátʹ, вздремну́тьvzdremnútʹ
дріма́тиdrimáty, подріма́тиpodrimáty, куня́тиkunjáty
(figuratively)To be off one's guard.
The regulators were caught napping by the financial collapse.
To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).
To cover (something) with a sauce. (usually in the passive)
(obsolete)To grab; to nab.

More definitions

take a siesta

Examples

426 sentences

Tom says he needs a nap.
Том сказав, що йому треба здрімнути. — deniko
ruТом сказал, что ему нужно вздремнуть. — odexed
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I want to take a nap.
Я хочу подрімати. — deniko
ruЯ хочу вздремнуть. — odexed
deIch möchte ein Nickerchen machen. — Esperantostern
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I'd like to take a nap.
Я хотів би подрімати. — Ahha
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Tom said he wanted to take a nap.
Том сказав, що він хоче здрімнути. — deniko
ruТом сказал, что хочет вздремнуть. — marafon
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Tom said he needed to take a nap.
Том сказав, що йому треба здрімнути. — deniko
ruТом сказал, что ему нужно вздремнуть. — odexed
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to have a nap:

Русский

By meaning 1

to have a nap:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to have a nap:

Origin

From Middle English nappen, from Old English hnappian (“to doze, slumber, sleep”), from Pr

From Middle English nappen, from Old English hnappian (“to doze, slumber, sleep”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnappōn (“to nap”). Cognate with Old High German hnaffezan, hnaffezzan (whence Middle High German nafzen (“to slumber”) whence German dialectal napfezen, nafzen (“to nod, slumber, nap”)).

From late Middle English noppe, nappe, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German noppe, noppen (“to trim the nap”), ultimately from knappen (“to eat, crack”), of imitative origin. Related to the first element of knapsack.

Probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Swedish nappa (“to pluck, pinch”). Related to nab.

From French napper, from nappe (“nape”).

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