Thread: to sleep

Originally Posted by Cumulus

Hi there,

I'm wondering how to express the following verbs:

to sleep - спать
to get up (from sleep) - проснуться
to fall asleep (for the reason of being tired)- уснуться? It's simply уснуть
to fall asleep (out of boredom...kinda) - заснуть? Yes, заснуть is OK.

BTW, I do not think we make any difference between boredom and tiredness. I think both уснуть and заснуть can be used in either case.

to oversleep - no idea - пере...? (not willing to use it here - since it appears to have a secondary meaning) - what do you guys use to express this verb? - the only option is переспать

Note. Переспать is the right verb for oversleeping. But be careful with it: "переспать с кем-то" has another meaning: "to have sex with someone".

Right, that's why I wasn't intending to use it in my initial post.

Alright then.
спать / уснуть / заснуть / проснуться / переспать

Thx