siesta
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta (“the sixth hour from dawn, noon, midday”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /siˈɛstə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /siˈɛstə/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛstə
Noun[edit]
siesta (plural siestas)
- A nap, especially an afternoon one taken after lunch in some cultures.
- 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, OCLC 815613939:
- 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[edit]
Translations[edit]
an afternoon nap
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Verb[edit]
siesta (third-person singular simple present siestas, present participle siestaing, simple past and past participle siestaed)
- (intransitive) to take a siesta; to nap.
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
siesta
Declension[edit]
Inflection of siesta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | siesta | siestat | |
genitive | siestan | siestojen | |
partitive | siestaa | siestoja | |
illative | siestaan | siestoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | siesta | siestat | |
accusative | nom. | siesta | siestat |
gen. | siestan | ||
genitive | siestan | siestojen siestainrare | |
partitive | siestaa | siestoja | |
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 |
Possessive forms of siesta (type kala) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | siestani | siestamme |
2nd person | siestasi | siestanne |
3rd person | siestansa |
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
siesta f (invariable)
Anagrams[edit]
Romansch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
siesta f (plural siestas)
Synonyms[edit]
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) durmida
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) cupid
- (Sursilvan) tut
- (Sutsilvan) sien
- (Surmiran) cupidada, durmeidetta, cuc
- (Puter, Vallader) sönin
- (Vallader) sönet
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin sexta (hora) (“sixth hour, noon”), feminine of sextus (“sixth”).[1] Doublet of sexto and sesma. Cognate with Portuguese and Catalan sesta.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
siesta f (plural siestas)
- siesta, nap
- Antonym: duermevela
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Armenian: սիեստա (siesta)
- → English: siesta
- → Finnish: siesta
- → French: sieste
- → German: Siesta
- → Greek: σιέστα (siésta)
- → Hungarian: szieszta
- → Italian: siesta
- → Japanese: シエスタ (shiesuta)
- → Norwegian: siesta
- → Romansch: siesta
- → Russian: сие́ста (sijésta)
- → Swedish: siesta
- → Turkish: siesta
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “siesta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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