un somnífero

a sleeping pill

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a sleeping pill Can also refer more generally to a sedative. In the expression “un somnífero con patas,” it figuratively describes a very boring person or thing.

SP: El médico me recetó un somnífero para ayudarme a dormir.

EN: The doctor prescribed me a sleeping pill to help me sleep.

Al volver, cómprame un somnífero en la farmacia.

When you get back, buy me a sleeping pill at the pharmacy.

— Vivir (1952)

Anoche no me podía dormir y me tomé un somnífero.

Last night I couldn't fall asleep, so I took a sleeping pill.

— Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988)

Tengo aquí un somnífero.

I have a sleeping pill here.

— Vivir (1952)

Es un somnífero con patas.

It's a sleeping pill with legs.

— La ola (2008)