siesta
English
WOTD – 24 March 2012
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /siˈɛstə/
- (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, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, OCLC 815613939:
- 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 […]
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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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsie̯stɑ/, [ˈs̠ie̞̯s̠t̪ɑ]
- Rhymes: -iestɑ
- Syllabification(key): sies‧ta
Declension
| 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 | |
Italian
Romansch
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin sexta (hora) (“sixth hour, noon”), feminine of sextus (“sixth”).[1] Doublet of sexto and sesma. Cognate with Portuguese and Catalan sesta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsjesta/ [ˈsjes.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -esta
- Syllabification: sies‧ta
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- Nicole Lewis (2022-08-09), “The Pleasurable Secret to Dealing With Extreme Heat”, in Slate, retrieved 2022-08-09
Further reading
- “siesta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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