siesta en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /siˈɛstə/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta (“the sixth hour from dawn, noon, midday”). Doublet of sext.
Meanings
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(countable) A nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures.
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, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:When it's time for siesta, you can watch them go by / Beautiful faces, no cares in this world
1986, “La Isla Bonita”, in True Blue, performed by Madonna:
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(attributive, offensive, sometimes) Laid-back attitudes to work or laziness, especially by a Hispanic person.
I had eaten a simple lunch, and in the relaxed siesta attitude that pervaded the place I settled back in my chair and looked at the mountains behind in all their austerity.
2010 February 22, Hughes Oliphant Old, The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Vol. 7: Our Own Time, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, →ISBN, page 238:Lest we think all of this is due to the proverbial inefficiency of the Latin American - 'siesta people' - we can see some of these signs, perhaps in a less dramatic way, in European societies and in the celebrated 'tigers' of South East Asia.
2001 February 1, Stanley E. Porter, Michael A. Hayes, David Tombs, Faith in the Millennium, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 21:Many observers believe the subtropical environment contributes to a slow-paced, siesta culture in which nothing work-related is so important that it cannot wait until tomorrow.
2021 April 14, Michael J. Strada, Through the Global Lens: An Introduction to Social Sciences, Routledge, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| siestas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
mañana (Laid-back attitude) · shut-eye
Translations (66)
ru ти́хий час (an afternoon nap) · fi iltapäivätorkut (an afternoon nap) · it pennichella (an afternoon nap) · la merīdiātiō (an afternoon nap) · de Mittagsschlaf (an afternoon nap) · pl poobiednia drzemka (an afternoon nap) · ka ნაშუადღევს წათვლემა (an afternoon nap) · bg следобеден сън (an afternoon nap) · vi ngủ trưa (an afternoon nap) · nb middagskvil (an afternoon nap) · lad siesta (an afternoon nap) · lad סייסטה (an afternoon nap) · hy սիեստա (an afternoon nap) · ru послеобеде́нный о́тдых (an afternoon nap) · ka სიესტა (an afternoon nap) · ka ნაშუადღევის მოსვენება (an afternoon nap) · tl siyesta (an afternoon nap) · ceb syista (an afternoon nap) · nn siesta (an afternoon nap) · ar قَيْلُولَة (an afternoon nap) · bg сиеста (an afternoon nap) · ja 昼寝 (an afternoon nap) · ka შუადღეს წათვლემა (an afternoon nap) · ro siestă (an afternoon nap) · nn middagskvil (an afternoon nap) · nb siesta (an afternoon nap) · ka ნაშუადღევს წაძინება (an afternoon nap) · mk пла́дневна по́чинка (an afternoon nap) · ru сие́ста (an afternoon nap) · ja シエスタ (an afternoon nap) · mi moe ahiahi (an afternoon nap) · ca migdiada (an afternoon nap) · fi tupluuri (an afternoon nap) · eo siesto (an afternoon nap) · id siesta (an afternoon nap) · io siesto (an afternoon nap) · cmn 午休 (an afternoon nap) · hy հետճաշյա հանգիստ (an afternoon nap) · cmn 午睡 (an afternoon nap) · bg следобедна почивка (an afternoon nap) · fr sieste (an afternoon nap) · ka შუადღეს წაძინება (an afternoon nap) · ca becada (an afternoon nap) · ka შუადღის მოსვენება (an afternoon nap) · ka ნაშუადღევის ძილი (an afternoon nap) · es siesta (an afternoon nap) · fi siesta (an afternoon nap) · de Mittagsruhe (an afternoon nap) · he שנ״צ (an afternoon nap) · it siesta (an afternoon nap) · nb middagshvil (an afternoon nap) · ru мёртвый час (an afternoon nap) · nl siësta (an afternoon nap) · el σιέστα (an afternoon nap) · pt siesta (an afternoon nap) · ca sesta (an afternoon nap) · mr वामकुक्षी (an afternoon nap) · pt sesta (an afternoon nap) · ur قیلولہ (an afternoon nap) · hu szieszta (an afternoon nap) · sv siesta (an afternoon nap) · nn middagskvild (an afternoon nap) · ja 午睡 (an afternoon nap) · ka შუადღის ძილი (an afternoon nap) · de Siesta (an afternoon nap) · cmn 午覺 /午觉 (an afternoon nap)