Siesta

//siˈɛstə//

Synonyms for "siesta" (13 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(1 words)
mañana

Strong matches (4)

Noun(1 words)
nooning

Related words (6)

Noun(2 words)
shut-eyeundermeal
Verb(1 words)
siest

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Translations

64 translations across 33 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • قَيْلُولَة noun (an afternoon nap)

Armenian

2 entries
  • հետճաշյա հանգիստ noun (an afternoon nap)
  • սիեստա noun (an afternoon nap)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • сиеста noun (an afternoon nap)
  • следобеден сън noun (an afternoon nap)
  • следобедна почивка noun (an afternoon nap)

Catalan

3 entries
  • becada noun (an afternoon nap)
  • migdiada noun (an afternoon nap)
  • sesta noun (an afternoon nap)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • syista noun (an afternoon nap)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 午休 noun (an afternoon nap)
  • 午睡 noun (an afternoon nap)
  • 午覺 /午觉 noun (an afternoon nap)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • siesto noun (an afternoon nap)

Finnish

3 entries
  • iltapäivätorkut noun (an afternoon nap)
  • siesta noun (an afternoon nap)
  • tupluuri noun (an afternoon nap)

French

1 entries
  • sieste noun (an afternoon nap)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ნაშუადღევის მოსვენება noun (an afternoon nap)
  • ნაშუადღევის ძილი noun (an afternoon nap)
  • ნაშუადღევს წათვლემა noun (an afternoon nap)
  • ნაშუადღევს წაძინება noun (an afternoon nap)

German

3 entries
  • Mittagsruhe noun (an afternoon nap)
  • Mittagsschlaf noun (an afternoon nap)
  • Siesta noun (an afternoon nap)

Greek

1 entries
  • σιέστα noun (an afternoon nap)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • שנ״צ noun (an afternoon nap)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • szieszta noun (an afternoon nap)

Ido

1 entries
  • siesto noun (an afternoon nap)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • siesta noun (an afternoon nap)

Italian

2 entries
  • pennichella noun (an afternoon nap)
  • siesta noun (an afternoon nap)

Japanese

3 entries
  • シエスタ noun (an afternoon nap)
  • 午睡 noun (an afternoon nap)
  • 昼寝 noun (an afternoon nap)

Ladino

2 entries
  • siesta noun (an afternoon nap)
  • סייסטה noun (an afternoon nap)

Latin

1 entries
  • merīdiātiō noun (an afternoon nap)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • пла́дневна по́чинка noun (an afternoon nap)

Marathi

1 entries
  • वामकुक्षी noun (an afternoon nap)

Māori

1 entries
  • moe ahiahi noun (an afternoon nap)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • middagshvil noun (an afternoon nap)
  • middagskvil noun (an afternoon nap)
  • siesta noun (an afternoon nap)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • middagskvil noun (an afternoon nap)
  • middagskvild noun (an afternoon nap)
  • siesta noun (an afternoon nap)

Polish

1 entries
  • poobiednia drzemka noun (an afternoon nap)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • sesta noun (an afternoon nap)
  • siesta noun (an afternoon nap)

Romanian

1 entries
  • siestă noun (an afternoon nap)

Russian

4 entries
  • мёртвый час noun (an afternoon nap)
  • послеобеде́нный о́тдых noun (an afternoon nap)
  • сие́ста noun (an afternoon nap)
  • ти́хий час noun (an afternoon nap)

Spanish

1 entries
  • siesta noun (an afternoon nap)

Swedish

1 entries
  • siesta noun (an afternoon nap)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • siyesta noun (an afternoon nap)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • ngủ trưa noun (an afternoon nap)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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I'm going to have a siesta.

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She didn't take a siesta.

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Tom didn't take a siesta.

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He's not going to take a siesta.

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