siesta

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /siˈɛstə/
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• rhymes with -ɛstə
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• CMU ARPABET: S IY0 EH1 S T AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta (“the sixth hour from dawn, noon, midday”). Doublet of sext.

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَيْلُولَة (qaylūla) — an afternoon nap
• Armenian: հետճաշյա հանգիստ (hetčašya hangist) — an afternoon nap
• Armenian: սիեստա (siesta) — an afternoon nap
• Bulgarian: следобедна почивка (sledobedna počivka) — an afternoon nap
• Bulgarian: сиеста (siesta) — an afternoon nap
• Bulgarian: следобеден сън (sledobeden sǎn) — an afternoon nap
• Catalan: sesta — an afternoon nap
• Catalan: migdiada — an afternoon nap
• Catalan: becada — an afternoon nap
• Cebuano: syista — an afternoon nap
• Chinese Mandarin: 午睡 (wǔshuì) — an afternoon nap
• Chinese Mandarin: 午休 (wǔxiū) — an afternoon nap
• Chinese Mandarin: 午覺 /午觉 (wǔjiào) — an afternoon nap
• Dutch: siësta — an afternoon nap
• Esperanto: siesto — an afternoon nap
• Finnish: siesta — an afternoon nap
• Finnish: iltapäivätorkut — an afternoon nap
• Finnish: tupluuri — an afternoon nap
• French: sieste — an afternoon nap
• Georgian: სიესტა (siesṭa) — an afternoon nap
• Georgian: შუადღის ძილი (šuadɣis ʒili) — an afternoon nap
• Georgian: შუადღის მოსვენება (šuadɣis mosveneba) — an afternoon nap
• Georgian: ნაშუადღევის ძილი (našuadɣevis ʒili) — an afternoon nap
• Georgian: ნაშუადღევის მოსვენება (našuadɣevis mosveneba) — an afternoon nap
• Georgian: შუადღეს წაძინება (šuadɣes c̣aʒineba) — an afternoon nap
• Georgian: ნაშუადღევს წაძინება (našuadɣevs c̣aʒineba) — an afternoon nap
• Georgian: შუადღეს წათვლემა (šuadɣes c̣atvlema) — an afternoon nap
• Georgian: ნაშუადღევს წათვლემა (našuadɣevs c̣atvlema) — an afternoon nap
• German: Mittagsruhe — an afternoon nap
• German: Siesta — an afternoon nap
• German: Mittagsschlaf — an afternoon nap
• Greek: σιέστα (siésta) — an afternoon nap
• Hebrew: שנ״צ (ShNaTz) — an afternoon nap
• Hungarian: szieszta — an afternoon nap
• Ido: siesto — an afternoon nap
• Indonesian: siesta — an afternoon nap
• Italian: siesta — an afternoon nap
• Italian: pennichella — an afternoon nap
• Japanese: 昼寝 (hirune) — an afternoon nap
• Japanese: 午睡 (gosui) — an afternoon nap
• Japanese: シエスタ (shiesuta) — an afternoon nap
• Ladino: סייסטה — an afternoon nap
• Ladino: siesta — an afternoon nap
• Latin: merīdiātiō — an afternoon nap
• Macedonian: пла́дневна по́чинка (pládnevna póčinka) — an afternoon nap
• Māori: moe ahiahi — an afternoon nap
• Marathi: वामकुक्षी (vāmkukṣī) — an afternoon nap
• Norwegian Bokmål: siesta — an afternoon nap
• Norwegian Bokmål: middagshvil — an afternoon nap
• Norwegian Bokmål: middagskvil — an afternoon nap
• Norwegian Nynorsk: siesta — an afternoon nap
• Norwegian Nynorsk: middagskvil — an afternoon nap
• Norwegian Nynorsk: middagskvild — an afternoon nap
• Polish: poobiednia drzemka — an afternoon nap
• Portuguese: sesta — an afternoon nap
• Portuguese: siesta — an afternoon nap
• Romanian: siestă — an afternoon nap
• Russian: послеобеде́нный о́тдых (posleobedénnyj ótdyx) — an afternoon nap
• Russian: сие́ста (sijésta) — an afternoon nap
• Russian: мёртвый час (mjórtvyj čas) — an afternoon nap
• Russian: ти́хий час (tíxij čas) — an afternoon nap
• Spanish: siesta — an afternoon nap
• Swedish: siesta — an afternoon nap
• Tagalog: siyesta — an afternoon nap
• Urdu: قیلولہ (qailūla) — an afternoon nap
• Vietnamese: ngủ trưa — an afternoon nap