Phrase guide

sleep over

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To spend the night as a guest in someone's home.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stay over, stop, keep, lodge, quarter, sleep over, sojourn, stay, stop off, stop over, tarry

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

stay overnight

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The boy's friends were allowed to sleep over after the birthday party

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stay over

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lodge

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَاتَ (bāta) — to sleep over
  • Bulgarian: преспиване (prespivane) — to sleep over
  • Catalan: pernitar — to sleep over
  • Chinese: 歇暝 (zh-min-nan) — to sleep over
  • Chinese: 過暝 /过暝 — to sleep over
  • Chinese: 歇暗 (zh-min-nan) — to sleep over
  • Danish: overnatte — to sleep over
  • Dutch: overnachten — to sleep over
  • Dutch: logeren — to sleep over
  • Esperanto: tranokti — to sleep over
  • Esperanto: nokti — to sleep over
  • Finnish: olla yötä — to sleep over
  • French: passer la nuit — to sleep over
  • French: parnuire — to sleep over
  • German: übernachten — to sleep over
  • German: nächtigen — to sleep over
  • Hungarian: éjszakázik — to sleep over
  • Hungarian: megszáll — to sleep over
  • Hungarian: alszik — to sleep over
  • Hungarian: hál — to sleep over
  • Icelandic: gista — to sleep over
  • Italian: pernottare — to sleep over
  • Italian: passare la notte — to sleep over
  • Latin: pernoctare — to sleep over
  • Latin: abnoctare — to sleep over
  • Norwegian: natte over — to sleep over
  • Norwegian: overnatte — to sleep over
  • Polish: nocować — to sleep over
  • Polish: przenocować — to sleep over
  • Portuguese: dormir fora — to sleep over
  • Portuguese: pousar — to sleep over
  • Portuguese: fazer um pousão — to sleep over
  • Portuguese: pernoitar — to sleep over
  • Romanian: petrece noaptea — to sleep over
  • Russian: проводи́ть ночь (provodítʹ nočʹ) — to sleep over
  • Russian: ночева́ть (nočevátʹ) — to sleep over
  • Spanish: pernoctar — to sleep over
  • Spanish: pasar la noche — to sleep over
  • Swedish: sova över — to sleep over
  • Swedish: ligga över — to sleep over
  • Swedish: övernatta — to sleep over