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Meanings of sleep-talking in English

Russian
разговоры во сне
Portuguese
sonilóquio
Spanish
somniloquía

The phenomenon of talking while asleep.

        разговоры во сне
        Usage of sleep-talking in English
        1
        Mental anxiety will, almost at any age, give rise to sleep-talking.
        Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851
        2
        So is the Earl of Slander, sleep-talking, dream-rewinding the scenes in his head.
        Haunted: a novel of stories
        3
        The first degree evinces itself by the movements we have referred to and by sleep-talking.
        Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851
        4
        Fever-wild dreams-somnambulism-illusionsofsounds-a pull toward a point in the sky-andnow a suspicion of insane sleep-talking!
        The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
        5
        In schools sleep-talking is very common; anxious pupils, in their sleep, will frequently repeat a lesson they can not remember when awake.
        Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851
        6
        To her, sleep-talking was uncanny to the point of horror; it was like the talking of the dead, mere parody of a living voice, unnatural.
        The Man Whom the Trees Loved
        Translations for sleep-talking
        Portuguese
        sonilóquio
        Sleep-talking through the time