Translation for "pretend to sleep" to spanish

Pretend to sleep

• finge dormir
• pretender dormir

Translation examples

finge dormir

Nurses whisper to one another over your still body when you are pretending to sleep;
Las enfermeras cuchichean entre sí mientras tú finges dormir;

She shifts onto her side in the bed, turning her back to him, and pretends to sleep.
Se pone de costado en la cama, dándole la espalda, y finge dormir.

Even seated, he carried himself with grace and menace, like a cat pretending to sleep.
Aun sentado, se movía con gracia y a la vez amenazante, como un gato que finge dormir.

My roommate pretends to sleep and I paste a dreamy drug-addled smile on my face.
Mi compañera de habitación finge dormir y yo esbozo una bonita sonrisa aletargada y narcotizada.

She puts her snout down between her paws and pretends to sleep, but I know she’s still looking at me.
Apoya el hocico entre las patas y finge dormir, pero yo sé que sigue mirándome.

If it looks as though someone might come in the door, the lookout jumps into bed and the weaver pretends to sleep, too.
Si parece que alguien podría entrar, la centinela se mete rápidamente en la cama y la tejedora también finge dormir.

If it’s a rest area, she pretends to sleep – too few people and therefore too much risk of her being spotted.
Si es un área de descanso, finge dormir, pues suele haber poca gente y corre el riesgo de que se fijen en ella.

He says nothing to any of them, keeping his nose in his book or pretending to sleep, and every time there is a break in the journey he scampers out of the bus and calls Pilar.
No les dice nada; mantiene la vista clavada en el libro o finge dormir, y siempre que hay un descanso en el trayecto se baja corriendo del autocar para llamar a Pilar.