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Meanings of daydream in English

Portuguese
viagem
Catalan
somni
Spanish
ilusión

Absentminded dreaming while awake.

      viagem
      Portuguese
      desejar
      Spanish
      soñar

      Have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy.

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            desejar
            Russian
            мечты
            Portuguese
            devaneio
            Spanish
            soñar despierto

            Short-term detachment from one's immediate surroundings, during which a person's contact with reality is blurred and partially substituted by a visionary fantasy.

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                    мечты

                    Have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake.

                          Usage of daydream in English
                          1
                          I daydream and wonder why we have remained friends over the years.
                          The Irish Times
                          2
                          Fangell starts talking, but after a few minutes I start to daydream.
                          Mass casualties: a young medic's true story of death, deception,...
                          3
                          But it's the croquettes that I'll daydream about for weeks to come.
                          News.com.au
                          4
                          Many of us shared the same daydream: what if Pokemon were real?
                          BBC
                          5
                          The social counterfactuals, the mash-up that always happens naturally when we daydream.
                          The new yorker
                          6
                          The Maldives is the daydream worthy spot on every travelers bucket list.
                          Ebony
                          7
                          It can be the starting point of a conversation, or a daydream.
                          The Irish Times
                          8
                          Sometimes I have it during the day, but then it's a daydream.
                          The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
                          9
                          She closed her eyes and allowed the childish daydream to briefly surface.
                          In every heartbeat
                          10
                          Cathy smiled-theresidue of her daydream on the porch making her blush.
                          The sculptor
                          11
                          He watched her silently, till, waking from her daydream, she abruptly asked:
                          The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel
                          12
                          Ellie's eyes show that she is not arguing, but in a daydream.
                          Heartbreak House
                          13
                          The past few days, I haven't had much time to daydream about Carol.
                          The Hunger Pains
                          14
                          Bacon indulges a summer afternoon daydream in which anything and anyone is possible.
                          The Guardian
                          15
                          A sort of daydream -except it was night, of course.
                          Running with the Demon
                          16
                          I don't mean this was just an idea or some sort of daydream.
                          Memoirs of a geisha: a novel
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                          Translations for daydream
                          Daydream through the time
                          Daydream across language varieties
                          United States of America
                          Common
                          United Kingdom
                          Less common