sueños
/sweɲos/from spelling rules
The English phrase dreams is translated into Spanish as sueños.
sueños refers to the series of images and stories that occur in a person's mind during sleep.
Which one should you use?
While sueño can mean a dream, it is also the word used to express the sensation of being sleepy. If you wish to speak about aspirations or longings, you might use the term anhelos.
How does it change in a sentence?
The singular form of sueños is sueño.
How do you pronounce it?
/sweɲos/
Did you know?
- In many Spanish-speaking cultures, if you want to tell someone 'sweet dreams', you say que duermas con los angelitos, which literally means 'may you sleep with the little angels'.
- The word sueño comes from the Latin somnium, which is also the root of the English word 'insomnia'.
- Spanish uses the verb soñar to describe dreaming, but it requires the preposition con to indicate the object of the dream, such as soñé con un perro for 'I dreamed of a dog'.
Examples in context
- Te veo en tus sueños.See you in your dreams.Tatoeba #6391102 by dfrankmv, translation #6391091 by dzoja
- Te veré en mis sueños.I'll see you in my dreams.Tatoeba #6391120 by dfrankmv, translation #3619711 by CK
- Los sueños son gratis.Dreams are free.Tatoeba #8866348 by Galko, translation #8863793 by Adelpa
- Mis sueños son muy importantes para mí.My dreams are very important to me.
- Desde pequeña, tuve muchos anhelos en la vida.Since I was little, I had many dreams in life.
- ¡Tengo tantas ilusiones para el futuro!I have so many dreams for the future!
- Ella tiene muchas ilusiones sobre su futuro.She has many dreams about her future.
- Siempre tuve grandes sueños en mi vida.I always had big dreams in my life.
- 140 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Javier and Sofía are talking in bed before going to sleep.
- JavierTuve unos sueños muy extraños anoche.I had some very strange dreams last night.
- Sofía¿De qué trataban tus sueños?What were your dreams about?
- JavierSoñé que volábamos sobre el mar.I dreamed that we were flying over the sea.
- SofíaQué lindos sueños, Javier.What beautiful dreams, Javier.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
