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siesta
- /siˈɛstə/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ɛstə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta (“the sixth hour from dawn, noon, midday”). Doublet of sext.
noun siestas
- A nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures. 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 […]
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Laid-back attitudes to work or laziness, especially by a Hispanic person.
Lest we think all of this is due to the proverbial inefficiency of the Latin American - 'siesta people' - we can see some of these signs, perhaps in a less dramatic way, in European societies and in the celebrated 'tigers' of South East Asia.
Similar: mañana
Similar: shut-eye
verb siestas · siestaing · siestaed
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To take a siesta; to nap.
If you would rather shear sheep and stalk vampires than sunbathe or siesta, here’s 25 breaks that could be a real trip
Similar: siest
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: shut-eye
Translations
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noun an afternoon nap
| Español | siesta |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 昼寝 hirune, 午睡 gosui, シエスタ shiesuta |
| 中文 | 午睡 wǔshuì, 午休 wǔxiū, 午覺 /午觉 wǔjiào |
| Português | sesta, siesta |
| Français | sieste |
| Deutsch | Mittagsruhe, Siesta, Mittagsschlaf |
| Italiano | siesta, pennichella |
| Ελληνικά | σιέστα siésta |
| Română | siestă |
| Русский | послеобеде́нный о́тдых posleobedénnyj ótdyx, сие́ста sijésta, мёртвый час mjórtvyj čas, ти́хий час tíxij čas |
| Tiếng Việt | ngủ trưa |
| العربية | قَيْلُولَة qaylūla |
| עברית | שנ״צ ShNaTz |
Talk about this word "siesta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/siesta. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. siesta. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/siesta "siesta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/siesta.Cite this
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title = {siesta},
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year = {2026},
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