Meanings (ES + gloss)
bostezo
The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored.
At length, quite exhausted by the attempt to be amused with her own book, which she had only chosen because it was the second volume of his, she gave a great yawn and said, “How pl…
But Mrs. MacWhirr, in the drawing-room […], stifled a yawn—perhaps out of self-respect—for she was alone.
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bostezar
To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
I could see my students yawning, so I knew the lesson was boring them.
[…] I found my self towards Evening, first empty and sickish at my Stomach, and nearer Night mightily enclin’d to yawning and sleepy […]
abrirse
To present a wide opening; gape.
Death yawned before us, and I hit the brakes.
The canyon yawns as it has done for millions of years, and we stand looking, dumbstruck.