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Definition: Siesta |
SiestaNoun1. A nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "siesta" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Etymology: Siesta \Si*es"ta\, noun. [Spanish expression, probably from Latin sessitare to sit much or long, of sedere, sessum, to sit. See Sit.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Siesta (3 syl.) means "the sixth hour"- i.e. noon. (Latin, sexta hora). It is applied to the short sleep taken in Spain during the mid-day heat. (Spanish, sesta, sixth hour; sestéar, to take a mid-day nap.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inactivity | Sleep, slumber; sound sleep, heavy sleep, balmy sleep; Morpheus; Somnus; coma, trance, ecstasis, dream, hibernation, nap, doze, snooze, siesta, wink of sleep, forty winks, snore; hypnology. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Siesta |
| English words defined with "siesta": catch a wink, catnap ♦ nap ♦ Undermeal. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "siesta": Spanish cat. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Siesta" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (siesta), German (siesta), Italian (nap, siesta), Portuguese (siesta), Serbo-Croatian (siesta), Spanish (nap, siesta), Swedish (siesta), Turkish (siesta). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | When it's time for siesta you can watch them go by (La Isla Bonita; performing artist: Madonna) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Solo Siesta (1967) Homenaje a la hora de la siesta (1962) Siesta veta (1986) La Siesta (1976) Siesta y Fiesta (1976) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A siesta. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Noon-day siesta in front of a lunchroom at Helmsburg, Indiana. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Sugar worker taking his siesta on a plantation near Guanica, Puerto Rico. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Stormy sunset" by Dennis Poulette Commentary: "The sun was setting behind these clouds in Siesta Key beach." | "KP 02" by Lucien Aréstegüi Commentary: "KOMMON PEOPLE 07 <br> <br>Lisa Bivens <br> <br>Taking a siesta after lunch one random day." |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | It took a short siesta at noon, and boomed once more toward night, as the sun was withdrawing his influence |
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| "Siesta" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.73% of the time. "Siesta" is used about 79 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.73% | 78 | 37,656 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.27% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 79 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "siesta": Siesta Key. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "siesta"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | siestë, gjumë pasdreke. (various references) | |
Arabic | قيلولة (meridian, nap, slumber), قائلة قيلولة (midday). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | следобедна почивка, следобеден сън. (various references) | |
Czech | siesta. (various references) | |
French | sieste. (various references) | |
German | siesta. (various references) | |
Greek | μεσημεριανόσ ύπνοσ, μεσημεριανός ύπνος, μεταμεσημβρινόσ ύπνοσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מנוחת צהרים, שנת מנחה. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szieszta (nap), déli pihenő. (various references) | |
Italian | siesta (nap). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 昼寝 (nap), 昼寐 , 仮睡 (nap), 仮寝 (catnap, nap, stopping at an inn), シェル構造 (Chicago, cigar, cigarette, shell construction, Sierra Leon, to ignore, Zionism, Zionist), 午睡 (nap). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひるね (nap), うたたね (dozing, nap, napping on the floor), かすい (add water, drooping, hanging down, nap, river water, spike, stream), かりね (catnap, nap, stopping at an inn, stubble), ごすい (nap), シエスタ . (various references) | |
Manx | snap munlaa. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iestasay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | soneca de tarde, siesta. (various references) | |
Romanian | siestã. (various references) | |
Russian | сиеста. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | siesta. (various references) | |
Spanish | siesta (nap), sesteo. (various references) | |
Swedish | siesta. (various references) | |
Thai | การงีบหลับตอนเที่ยง. (various references) | |
Turkish | siesta, öğle uykusu. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сієста. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | giấc ngủ trưa. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | dormio, sexta hora. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "siesta": siestas. (additional references) | |
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"Siesta" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asiasat, Iusta, Liestal, piesta, saeta, Saetas, Salestrak, samstag, seest, Segerstad, Seierstad, Seisay, seist, Seita, Sesca, sesdaq, sesit, sesta, sheste, Sieca, siento, sieta, Silstar, sista, Sorenstam, Sremska, Syseca, syst, systax, systran, systs, ziest. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "siesta" (pronounced 'Si*es"ta'): Abranchiata, Albata, Amanita, Amniota, Amrita, Annellata, Annulata, Anotta, Anta, Aorta, Aplacentata, Appendiculata, Aprocta, Argonauta, Arista, Articulata, Atlanta, Avesta, Bafta, Ballista, Baryta, Basta, Battuta, Berretta, beta, Bonetta, Brachiata, Burletta, Cantata, Carromata, Catallacta, Caudata, Cephalata, Charta, Chiretta, Chordata, Cicuta, Ciliata, Cirrobranchiata, Coaita, Codetta, Comedietta, Costa, Cotta, Craniota, Crusta, Cryptobranchiata, Cuesta, Decacerata, Deciduata. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tassie. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: asset, easts, sates, satis, seats, sites, sties, tasse. | |
-2 letters: aits, ates, east, eats, etas, sate, sati, seas, seat, seis, seta, sets, site, sits, tass, teas, ties. | |
-3 letters: ais, ait, ass, ate, eat, ess, eta, its, sae, sat, sea, sei, set, sis, sit, tae, tas, tea, tie, tis. | |
-4 letters: ae, ai, as, at, es, et. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: ageists, ascites, ashiest, disseat, easiest, ectasis, entasis, fiestas, fissate, miseats, misseat, nasties, pasties, patsies, petsais, sagiest, salties, samites, satires, sestina, siestas, tamises, tansies, tapises, tassies, tisanes. | |
+2 letters: abatises, amitoses, amosites, anthesis, antsiest, artiness, artistes, artsiest, asbestic, ascetics, assisted, assister, asterias, asterisk, asterism, astilbes, astonies, atheisms, atheists, atomises, atresias, azotises, baptises, basinets, bassinet, bastiles, batistes, beasties, blasties, casteism, chastise, cineasts, dashiest, destains, diastase, diastems, diasters, disaster, disrates, disseats, distaste, distaves, eastings, elastics, elastins, entasias, epistasy, epitases, epitasis, escapist, essayist, esthesia, etatisms, etesians, gassiest, giantess, hastiest, heliasts, hiatuses, impastes, insanest, instates, isatines, isolates, mantises, massiest, mastixes, matiness, mestizas, misdates, mismates, misrates, misseats, misstate, mistakes, nailsets, nastiest, pastiest, pastimes, pastises, pastries, piasters, piastres, raspiest, realists, retsinas, safeties, saggiest, salients, saltiers, saltiest, saltines, saltires, sandiest, sanities, sanitise, sappiest, sarkiest, sassiest, satiates, satinets, satirise, sauciest, savviest, scaliest, scanties, scariest, seamiest, seatings, seriates, sestinas, sextains, shadiest, shakiest, shaliest, shanties, sheitans, sinuates, situates, slatiest, smarties, snakiest, soapiest, spaciest, stabiles, staggies, stagiest, staidest, stainers, staithes, stanines, statices, statives, steadies, steapsin, stearins, sthenias, stokesia, striates, suitcase, tabbises, tailless, tallises, tarsiers, tastiest, teniases, teniasis, titaness, traipses, vastiest, waisters, waitress, washiest, waspiest, wastries. | |
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