espantar el sueño

== Spanish == === Etymology === Literally, “to scare off sleep”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /espanˌtaɾ el ˈsweɲo/ [es.pãn̪ˌt̪aɾ el ˈswe.ɲo] Syllabification: es‧pan‧tar el sue‧ño === Verb === espantar el sueño (first-person singular present espanto el sueño, first-person singular preterite espanté el sueño, past participle espantado el sueño) to keep someone up; to keep someone from sleeping === Further reading === “espantar el sueño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025