siesta
English
WOTD – 24 March 2012
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɪˈɛstə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /siˈɛstə/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛstə
Noun
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
Synonyms
Translations
an afternoon nap
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Verb
siesta (third-person singular simple present siestas, present participle siestaing, simple past and past participle siestaed)
- (intransitive) to take a siesta; to nap.
Synonyms
- siest
Finnish
Declension
Inflection of siesta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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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 |
Italian
Romansch
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin sexta (hora) (“sixth hour, noon”), feminine of sextus (“sixth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsjesta/, [ˈsjest̪a]
Antonyms
Descendants
- → English: siesta
Further reading
- “siesta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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