siesta
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.
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.
Origin of siesta
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How to use siesta in a sentence
Some cultures, of course, do embrace the afternoon nap, or siesta.
During the week, most meals are taken at home, including midday lunch, when many businesses shut down, and might be followed by a siesta.
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.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy Fay
They dined, therefore, in silence, and afterwards he laid himself down as usual on the sofa for a siesta.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandThe session lasted until time for the noonday luncheon and siesta , and was resumed in the afternoon.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonWe happened to reach it when the prisoners were having a siesta.
A Journey Through France in War Time | Joseph G. Butler, Jr.Is there no sombra where we can eat our lunch and take a siesta?
Mexico | Charles Reginald Enock
British Dictionary definitions for siesta
/ (sɪˈɛstə) /
a rest or nap, usually taken in the early afternoon, as in hot countries
Origin of siesta
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