siesta
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛstə
Noun
siesta (plural siestas)
- A nap, especially an afternoon one taken after lunch in some cultures.
- 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
- 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
Translations
an afternoon nap
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Verb
siesta (third-person singular simple present siestas, present participle siestaing, simple past and past participle siestaed)
- (intransitive) to take a siesta; to nap.
Synonyms
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Noun
siesta
Declension
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 siestain rare | ||
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 | ||
abessive | siestatta | siestoitta | ||
instructive | — | siestoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Italian
Etymology
Noun
siesta f (uncountable)
Anagrams
Romansch
Etymology
Noun
siesta f (plural siestas)
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
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin sexta (hora) (“sixth hour, noon”), feminine of sextus (“sixth”). Cognate with Portuguese sesta.
Pronunciation
Noun
siesta f (plural siestas)
Antonyms
Descendants
- → 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
Further reading
- “siesta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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