Translation for "to be asleep" to french

To be asleep

• être endormi
• à dormir

Translation examples

à dormir

5. Preventing victims from falling asleep.
5. Les empêcher de dormir.

I do not think that the Conference on Disarmament, as he said, has not been asleep, but I really feel that the Conference on Disarmament has been sleepwalking.
Je ne pense pas que la Conférence du désarmement, comme il l'a dit, n'a pas été en léthargie, mais je crois réellement qu'elle a dormi debout.

He had to sleep on the floor, but as soon as he fell asleep buckets of water were thrown over him to keep him awake.
Il devait dormir par terre et, chaque fois qu’il s’endormait, on versait sur lui des seaux d’eau pour le réveiller.