"take a nap" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take a nap.ogg [Australia] Forms: takes a nap [present, singular, third-person], taking a nap [participle, present], took a nap [past], taken a nap [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> a nap}} take a nap (third-person singular simple present takes a nap, present participle taking a nap, simple past took a nap, past participle taken a nap)
  1. (idiomatic) To sleep briefly. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms: nap, have a nap Translations (sleep briefly): ein Schläfchen machen (German), ein Nickerchen machen (German), kurz schlafen (German), lua un pui de somn (Romanian), trage un pui de somn (Romanian), вздремну́ть (vzdremnútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), прикорну́ть (prikornútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), kestirmek (Turkish), şekerleme yapmak (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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