dormilhão

[dor-mi-ʎɐ̃w̃]

nounmasculinepl: dormilhões

sleepyhead

1. A person who sleeps a lot or has difficulty waking up; someone who is very sleepy

My son is such a sleepyhead; he never wants to get out of bed in the morning.

Meu filho é um dormilhão; nunca quer sair da cama de manhã.

2. Someone who is drowsy or tends to fall asleep easily

He was a dormilhão during the meeting and almost fell asleep.

Ele era um dormilhão durante a reunião e quase dormiu.

NYC Slang

sleepyhead

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Regional Variations

General Brazilian

dormilhão

Common colloquial term throughout Brazil

Portugal

dorminhoco

More commonly used in European Portuguese

São Paulo

dormilhão

Standard usage in São Paulo region

ser um dormilhão de marca maior - to be an extreme sleepyhead

acordar um dormilhão - to wake up a sleeping person

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