siesta

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /siˈɛstə/
• (GA) IPA: /siˈɛstə/

Noun

siesta (plural siestas)

1. A nap, especially an afternoon one taken after lunch in some cultures.
   • 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan

     One humid afternoon a visitor did arrive to disturb Rottcodd as he lay deeply hammocked, for his siesta was broken sharply by a rattling of the door handle […]

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:shut-eye

Translations

• French: sieste
• German: Mittagsruhe, Siesta, Mittagsschlaf
• Italian: siesta, pennichella
• Portuguese: sesta, siesta
• Russian: послеобеде́нный о́тдых
• Spanish: siesta

Verb

siesta (siestas, present participle siestaing; past and past participle siestaed)

1. (intransitive) to take a siesta; to nap.

Synonyms

• siest

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