yawn
gb/jˈɔn/ us/jˈɔn/
A2
Kiingereza
~ 1500
ásít, ásítás, dögunalmas, halálosan unalmas
KITENZI
A2
1
ásít
A2
Muundo wa matumizi:
to yawn [when/while] [doing something]
She couldn't stop yawning during the long meeting.
Nem tudta abbahagyni az ásítozást a hosszú megbeszélés alatt.
He yawned and stretched before getting out of bed.
Ásított és nyújtózkodott, mielőtt felkelt az ágyból.
The baby yawned and rubbed his eyes.
I tried to hide my yawn during the lecture.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
I yawn when I am tired.
Ha fáradt vagyok, ásítok.
The man yawns in the morning.
A férfi reggel ásít.
She yawns during the class.
We all yawn when we feel sleepy.
Kosa la kawaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'yawn' with 'sigh', but a sigh is breathing out heavily, not opening the mouth wide from tiredness.
Maana
Open mouth when tired or bored
Miunganiko ya maneno
yawn loudly
|yawn repeatedly
|try not to yawn
|cover a yawn
Visawe
gape (Can also mean to stare with an open mouth, not only from tiredness.)
Vinyume
smile (While not a direct physical opposite, a smile is a deliberate facial expression rather than an involuntary opening of the mouth from fatigue or boredom.)
Mada
daily life
|emotions
|body
|health
|core_vocabulary
Ufafanuzi
To open your mouth wide and breathe in because you are tired or bored.
To open the mouth wide and take a deep breath, often unintentionally, because of tiredness, boredom, or drowsiness.
NOMINO
A2
2
ásítás
A2
He let out a huge yawn and went to bed.
Hatalmasat ásított, aztán lefeküdt.
A loud yawn came from the back of the room.
Hangos ásítás hallatszott a terem hátsó részéből.
She covered her mouth to hide her yawn.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
He gives a big yawn.
Nagyot ásít.
I see her yawn in the morning.
Látom, ahogy reggel ásít.
The boy makes a loud yawn.
Maana
An act of yawning
Miunganiko ya maneno
a big yawn
|stifle a yawn
|give a yawn
Visawe
gape (As a noun, rarely used for this meaning; more common for staring.)
Mada
daily life
|emotions
|body
|health
|core_vocabulary
Ufafanuzi
The act of opening your mouth wide and breathing in because you are tired or bored.
An instance of opening the mouth wide and breathing in deeply, usually because of tiredness or boredom.
KITENZI
B2
3
dögunalmas
B2
Muundo wa matumizi:
[something] yawns with [description]
The lecture yawned on for hours without any excitement.
Az előadás órákon át dögunalmasan folyt, minden izgalom nélkül.
The movie yawns with predictable plot lines.
A film a kiszámítható cselekmény miatt dögunalmas.
His speech yawned along with no energy.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
The class yawns with no fun.
Az óra dögunalmas, egyáltalán nem szórakoztató.
This book yawns from start to end.
Ez a könyv az elejétől a végéig dögunalmas.
The meeting yawns with no new ideas.
Kosa la kawaida:
Learners may overuse this figurative sense; it is less common than the physical action meaning and often sounds literary or humorous.
Maana
Be very boring or dull
Miunganiko ya maneno
yawns with boredom
Visawe
bore (More general; can be used for people or things causing boredom.)
Vinyume
intrigue (To strongly interest or fascinate, opposite of causing boredom.)
Mada
emotions
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Ufafanuzi
To be very boring and not interesting at all.
(Informal) To be extremely boring, dull, or uninteresting.
Sarufi
Umbo la kamusi
yawn
IPA
GB/jˈɔn/
US/jˈɔn/
Silabi na mkazo
yawn (silabi 1)
Stress on 1st syllable (yawn)
Maumbo ya neno
Noun
- Base: yawn
- Plural: yawns
Verb
- Base: yawn
- 3rd Person Singular: yawns
- Present Participle: yawning
- Past: yawned
Familia ya neno
Forms
yawns
noun
yawning
verb
yawned
verb
Semi
yawn with boredom
1/jˈɔn wˈɪθ bˈɔɹdəm/
fixed phrase
Yawn because of boredom
To open your mouth wide and breathe in because you feel bored.
Mifano
- The students yawned with boredom during the long speech.
- She was yawning with boredom halfway through the movie.
stifle a yawn
1/stˈaɪfəl ə jˈɔn/
fixed phrase
hold back a yawn
To try not to open your mouth and show that you are tired or bored.
Mifano
- She tried to stifle a yawn during the performance.
- She tried to stifle a yawn during the long meeting.
- He stifled a yawn so as not to offend his host.
- He stifled a yawn so his boss wouldn’t think he was bored.
- I stifled a yawn and focused on the presentation.