No. 3,734 in Catalan
adormir
"Adormir" means "to put to sleep" or "to fall asleep" in English.
In a sentence
Vaig adormir el nadó després d'un llarg passeig.
I put the baby to sleep after a long walk.
Here, 'adormir' is used to indicate the action of causing someone (the baby) to fall asleep.
Quan la màgia em va tocar, vaig adormir-me sense poder evitar-ho.
When the magic touched me, I fell asleep without being able to avoid it.
In this context, 'adormir-me' means 'to fall asleep', describing the subject's (my) unintentional entering into the state of sleep.
Ell sempre vol adormir amb la música de fons.
He always wants to fall asleep with the background music.
The phrase 'adormir amb' expresses the act of falling asleep in a particular situation (with background music).
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