desmaiar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old French desmaier.

Pronunciation

Verb

desmaiar (first-person singular present indicative desmaio, past participle desmaiado)

  1. (intransitive) to faint (to lose consciousness)
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to fall asleep suddenly, usually by excessive tiredness
  3. (transitive) to cause a person to faint, often by drugging them and with criminal intentions

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