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siesta
[ see-es-tuh ]
noun
- a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America:
He is trying to relax, but the road construction noise seems likely to ruin his siesta.
verb (used without object)
- to take a midday or afternoon rest or nap:
It got so hot that even the cicadas started singing earlier and siestaed during the heat of the day.
siesta
/ sɪˈɛstə /
noun
- a rest or nap, usually taken in the early afternoon, as in hot countries
Word History and Origins
Origin of siesta1
Word History and Origins
Origin of siesta1
Example Sentences
How can anyone go home for a three-course meal and a siesta in the midst of peak trading?
Now Egypt is again leading the way to the future after a long siesta under Hosni Mubarak.
When we reached the hotel everybody went in to take a siesta—that "Mittags-Schlaf" which is law in Germany.
They dined, therefore, in silence, and afterwards he laid himself down as usual on the sofa for a siesta.
The session lasted until time for the noonday luncheon and siesta , and was resumed in the afternoon.
We happened to reach it when the prisoners were having a siesta.
Is there no sombra where we can eat our lunch and take a siesta?
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