siesta
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /siˈɛstə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /siˈɛstə/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛstə
NounEdit
siesta (plural siestas)
- A nap, especially an afternoon one taken after lunch in some cultures.
- 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan
- 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 […]
- 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
an afternoon nap
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VerbEdit
siesta (third-person singular simple present siestas, present participle siestaing, simple past and past participle siestaed)
- (intransitive) to take a siesta; to nap.
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FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
siesta
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of siesta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 siestainrare | |
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | siestoin | |
| abessive | siestatta | siestoitta | |
| comitative | — | siestoineen | |
| Possessive forms of siesta (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | siestani | siestamme |
| 2nd person | siestasi | siestanne |
| 3rd person | siestansa | |
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
siesta f (invariable)
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RomanschEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
siesta f (plural siestas)
SynonymsEdit
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) durmida
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) cupid
- (Sursilvan) tut
- (Sutsilvan) sien
- (Surmiran) cupidada, durmeidetta, cuc
- (Puter, Vallader) sönin
- (Vallader) sönet
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin sexta (hora) (“sixth hour, noon”), feminine of sextus (“sixth”). Cognate with Portuguese sesta.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
siesta f (plural siestas)
- siesta, nap
- Antonym: duermevela
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → 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 readingEdit
- “siesta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.