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Meanings of
catch a wink
in English
Portuguese
dormitar
Catalan
fer una becaina
Spanish
echar una siesta
Back to the meaning
Take a siesta.
nap
catnap
Portuguese
dormitar
Usage of
catch a wink
in English
1
It ill becomes you to
catch
a
wink
on a dying man's last words.
2
His babysitters took a deep breath when the chimp went to sleep-andtried to
catch
a
wink
themselves.
3
Catch
a
wink
;
the time'll go faster.
4
Without deigning to notice it, she
caught
a
wink
and a nod from one vaquero to another.
5
The most common explanation was that they had worked the whole night through and hadn't
caught
a
wink
of sleep.
6
"Can't a rat
catch
a
wink
of sleep without being rudely popped into the air?"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
This collocation consists of:
catch
a
wink
catch
Verb
Determiner
Noun
Translations for
catch a wink
Portuguese
dormitar
cochilar
Catalan
fer una becaina
dormisquejar
Spanish
echar una siesta
sestear
echar una cabezada
dormir una siesta