siesta

English

WOTD – 24 March 2012    

Etymology

From Spanish siesta.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /siˈɛstə/, X-SAMPA: /si"Est@/

Noun

siesta (plural siestas)

1. A nap, especially an afternoon one taken after lunch in some cultures.

Translations

an afternoon nap

• Armenian: հետճաշյա հանգիստ (hy) (hetčašya hangist), սիեստա (hy) (siesta)
• Catalan: sesta (ca) f, migdiada (ca) f, becada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 午睡 (cmn) (wǔshuì), 午休 (cmn) (wǔxiū)

• Finnish: siesta (fi), iltapäivätorkut (fi) pl, tupluuri (fi)
• French: sieste (fr) f
• German: Mittagsruhe (de) f, Siesta (de) f, Mittagsschlaf (de) m
• Hungarian: szieszta (hu)
• Italian: siesta (it) f, pennichella (it) f

• Japanese: 昼寝 (ja) (ひるね, hirune), 午睡 (ja) (ごすい, gosui), シエスタ (ja) (shiesuta)
• Macedonian: пладневна починка (mk) (pládnevna póčinka) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: siesta (nb) m

  Nynorsk: siesta (nn) m

• Portuguese: sesta (pt) f
• Russian: послеобеденный отдых (ru) (posleobédennyj ótdyx) m, сиеста (ru) (sijésta) f, (usually for children, especially in childcare) мёртвый час (ru) (mjórtvyj čas) m, тихий час (ru) (tíxij čas) m
• Spanish: siesta (es) f, descanso (es) m

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• Telugu: మధ్యాహ్న నిద్ర (te)

Verb

siesta (third-person singular simple present siestas, present participle siestaing, simple past and past participle siestaed)

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

Anagrams

• tassie, Tassie

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Finnish

Noun

siesta

1. siesta

Declension

Declension of siesta (type kala) singular plural nominative siesta siestat genitive siestan siestojen siestain1 partitive siestaa siestoja accusative siesta siestan siestat inessive siestassa siestoissa elative siestasta siestoista illative siestaan siestoihin adessive siestalla siestoilla ablative siestalta siestoilta allative siestalle siestoille essive siestana siestoina translative siestaksi siestoiksi instructive – siestoin abessive siestatta siestoitta comitative – siestoineen 1) Rare.

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Italian

Etymology

Spanish

Noun

siesta f (invariable)

1. siesta, nap

Anagrams

• asseti, esista, estasi, issate

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Romansch

Noun

siesta f (plural siestas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) nap

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) durmida
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) cupid
• (Sursilvan) tut
• (Sutsilvan) sien
• (Surmiran) cupidada, durmeidetta, cuc
• (Puter, Vallader) sönin
• (Vallader) sönet

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsjes.ta/

Etymology

From Latin sexta (hora) (“sixth hour, noon”), feminine of sextus (“sixth”).

Noun

siesta f (plural siestas)

1. siesta

Antonyms

• duermevela