Thread: to sleep

Originally Posted by Cumulus

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?

If you mean to sleep so long that you missed something than it is "проспать" - я заснул в автобусе и проспал свою остановку; будильник сломался, и я проспал работу.

Originally Posted by Hoax

If you mean to sleep so long that you missed something than it is "проспать" - я заснул в автобусе и проспал свою остановку; будильник сломался, и я проспал работу.

Yes, if you just convey the fact that you overslept without specifying for how much time you overslept then you go with проспать.

However, if you tell the exact time for how much you overslept you go with переспать.

For example, I remember times from my childhood when my mother used to wake me up with these words:

Вставай уже, и так уже 20 минут переспал

Let's say for I should have woken up at 7:00 but I had been still sleeping at 7:20. There we see those 20 minites