"siesta" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /siˈɛstə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /siˈɛstə/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-siesta.ogg [Australia] Forms: siestas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛstə Etymology: From Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta (“the sixth hour from dawn, noon, midday”). Doublet of sext. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|siesta}} Spanish siesta, {{der|en|la|sexta|t=the sixth hour from dawn, noon, midday}} Latin sexta (“the sixth hour from dawn, noon, midday”), {{doublet|en|sext}} Doublet of sext Head templates: {{en-noun}} siesta (plural siestas)
  1. A nap, especially an afternoon one taken after lunch in some cultures. Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms: shut-eye Translations (an afternoon nap): قَيْلُولَة (qaylūla) [feminine] (Arabic), հետճաշյա հանգիստ (hetčašya hangist) (Armenian), սիեստա (siesta) (Armenian), sesta [feminine] (Catalan), migdiada [feminine] (Catalan), becada [feminine] (Catalan), syista (Cebuano), 午睡 (wǔshuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 午休 (wǔxiū) (Chinese Mandarin), 午覺 (Chinese Mandarin), 午觉 (wǔjiào) (Chinese Mandarin), siesto (Esperanto), siesta (Finnish), iltapäivätorkut [plural] (Finnish), tupluuri (Finnish), sieste [feminine] (French), Mittagsruhe [feminine] (German), Siesta [feminine] (German), Mittagsschlaf [masculine] (German), σιέστα (siésta) [feminine] (Greek), szieszta (Hungarian), siesto (Ido), siesta [feminine] (Italian), pennichella [feminine] (Italian), 昼寝 (hirune) (alt: ひるね) (Japanese), 午睡 (gosui) (alt: ごすい) (Japanese), シエスタ (shiesuta) (Japanese), merīdiātiō [feminine] (Latin), пла́дневна по́чинка (pládnevna póčinka) [feminine] (Macedonian), moe ahiahi (Maori), siesta [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), middagshvil [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), middagskvil [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), siesta [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), middagskvil [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), middagskvild [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), poobiednia drzemka [feminine] (Polish), sesta [feminine] (Portuguese), siesta [feminine] (Portuguese), послеобеде́нный о́тдых (posleobedénnyj ótdyx) [masculine] (Russian), сие́ста (sijésta) [feminine] (Russian), мёртвый час (mjórtvyj čas) [especially, masculine, usually] (Russian), ти́хий час (tíxij čas) [masculine] (Russian), siesta [feminine] (Spanish), siesta [common-gender] (Swedish), siyesta (Tagalog), ngủ trưa (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-siesta-en-noun-jXnUXc6h Disambiguation of Sleep: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 95 5

Verb

IPA: /siˈɛstə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /siˈɛstə/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-siesta.ogg [Australia] Forms: siestas [present, singular, third-person], siestaing [participle, present], siestaed [participle, past], siestaed [past]
Rhymes: -ɛstə Etymology: From Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta (“the sixth hour from dawn, noon, midday”). Doublet of sext. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|es|siesta}} Spanish siesta, {{der|en|la|sexta|t=the sixth hour from dawn, noon, midday}} Latin sexta (“the sixth hour from dawn, noon, midday”), {{doublet|en|sext}} Doublet of sext Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: siest
    Sense id: en-siesta-en-verb-~6Ef9PeB

Inflected forms

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      "word": "սիեստա"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "migdiada"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "becada"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "word": "syista"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wǔshuì",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "word": "午睡"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wǔxiū",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "word": "午休"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "word": "午覺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wǔjiào",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "word": "午觉"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "word": "siesto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "word": "siesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "iltapäivätorkut"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "word": "tupluuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sieste"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mittagsruhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Siesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mittagsschlaf"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "siésta",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σιέστα"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "note": "ઝોકું n (jhokum, literally “nap”)",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "word": "szieszta"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "word": "siesto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "siesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pennichella"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひるね",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hirune",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "word": "昼寝"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごすい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gosui",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "word": "午睡"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shiesuta",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "word": "シエスタ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "merīdiātiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pládnevna póčinka",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пла́дневна по́чинка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "word": "moe ahiahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "siesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "middagshvil"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "middagskvil"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "siesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "middagskvil"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "middagskvild"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poobiednia drzemka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "siesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "posleobedénnyj ótdyx",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "послеобеде́нный о́тдых"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sijésta",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сие́ста"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "raw_tags": [
        "for children",
        "in childcare"
      ],
      "roman": "mjórtvyj čas",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "masculine",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "мёртвый час"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tíxij čas",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ти́хий час"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "siesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "siesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "word": "siyesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "an afternoon nap",
      "word": "ngủ trưa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "siesta"
}

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      "name": "bor"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "sexta",
        "t": "the sixth hour from dawn, noon, midday"
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      "name": "der"
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/siˈɛstə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛstə"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/En-au-siesta.ogg",
      "tags": [
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}

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