# siesta
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta (“the sixth hour from dawn, noon, midday”). Doublet of sext.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /siˈɛstə/
* (General American) IPA: /siˈɛstə/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛstə

### Noun

siesta (plural siestas)
* (countable) A nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures.
** 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC: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 […]
* (attributive, sometimes offensive) Laid-back attitudes to work or laziness, especially by a Hispanic person.
** 2001 February 1, Stanley E. Porter, Michael A. Hayes, David Tombs, Faith in the Millennium, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 21: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.
** 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: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.
** 2021 April 14, Michael J. Strada, Through the Global Lens: An Introduction to Social Sciences, Routledge, →ISBN: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.

#### Synonyms

* See Thesaurus:shut-eye
* (Laid-back attitude): mañana

#### Translations

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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.
    Synonym: siest

### Anagrams

* staies, tassie, Tassie, tesias

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish siesta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsie̯stɑ/, [ˈs̠ie̞̯s̠tɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iestɑ
* Hyphenation: sies‧ta

### Noun

siesta
* (countable) siesta (a nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of siesta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
siestani
siestani
accusative
nom.
siestani
siestani
gen.
siestani
genitive
siestani
siestojeni siestaini $^{rare}$
partitive
siestaani
siestojani
inessive
siestassani
siestoissani
elative
siestastani
siestoistani
illative
siestaani
siestoihini
adessive
siestallani
siestoillani
ablative
siestaltani
siestoiltani
allative
siestalleni
siestoilleni
essive
siestanani
siestoinani
translative
siestakseni
siestoikseni
abessive
siestattani
siestoittani
instructive
comitative
—siestoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
siestasi
siestasi
accusative
nom.
siestasi
siestasi
gen.
siestasi
genitive
siestasi
siestojesi siestaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
siestaasi
siestojasi
inessive
siestassasi
siestoissasi
elative
siestastasi
siestoistasi
illative
siestaasi
siestoihisi
adessive
siestallasi
siestoillasi
ablative
siestaltasi
siestoiltasi
allative
siestallesi
siestoillesi
essive
siestanasi
siestoinasi
translative
siestaksesi
siestoiksesi
abessive
siestattasi
siestoittasi
instructive
comitative
—siestoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
siestamme
siestamme
accusative
nom.
siestamme
siestamme
gen.
siestamme
genitive
siestamme
siestojemme siestaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
siestaamme
siestojamme
inessive
siestassamme
siestoissamme
elative
siestastamme
siestoistamme
illative
siestaamme
siestoihimme
adessive
siestallamme
siestoillamme
ablative
siestaltamme
siestoiltamme
allative
siestallemme
siestoillemme
essive
siestanamme
siestoinamme
translative
siestaksemme
siestoiksemme
abessive
siestattamme
siestoittamme
instructive
comitative
—siestoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
siestanne
siestanne
accusative
nom.
siestanne
siestanne
gen.
siestanne
genitive
siestanne
siestojenne siestainne $^{rare}$
partitive
siestaanne
siestojanne
inessive
siestassanne
siestoissanne
elative
siestastanne
siestoistanne
illative
siestaanne
siestoihinne
adessive
siestallanne
siestoillanne
ablative
siestaltanne
siestoiltanne
allative
siestallenne
siestoillenne
essive
siestananne
siestoinanne
translative
siestaksenne
siestoiksenne
abessive
siestattanne
siestoittanne
instructive
comitative
—siestoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
siestansa
siestansa
accusative
nom.
siestansa
siestansa
gen.
siestansa
genitive
siestansa
siestojensa siestainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
siestaansa
siestojaan siestojansa
inessive
siestassaan siestassansa
siestoissaan siestoissansa
elative
siestastaan siestastansa
siestoistaan siestoistansa
illative
siestaansa
siestoihinsa
adessive
siestallaan siestallansa
siestoillaan siestoillansa
ablative
siestaltaan siestaltansa
siestoiltaan siestoiltansa
allative
siestalleen siestallensa
siestoilleen siestoillensa
essive
siestanaan siestanansa
siestoinaan siestoinansa
translative
siestakseen siestaksensa
siestoikseen siestoiksensa
abessive
siestattaan siestattansa
siestoittaan siestoittansa
instructive
comitative
—siestoineen siestoinensa :

### Further reading

* “siesta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish siesta (“siesta, nap”), from Latin sexta (hora) (“sixth hour; noon”), feminine of sextus (“sixth”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /si.ˈɛs.ta/
* Rhymes: -ta
* Hyphenation: si‧ès‧ta

### Noun

sièsta (plural siesta-siesta)
* (countable) siesta (a nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures)

### Further reading

* “siesta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish siesta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsjɛ.sta/
* Rhymes: -ɛsta
* Hyphenation: siè‧sta

### Noun

siesta f (invariable)
* (countable) siesta (a nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures)

### Further reading

* siesta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* siesta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* siesta in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* siesta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* siesta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* siesta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* asseti, esista, estasi, issate

## Ladino
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta (hora) (“sixth hour; noon”), feminine of sextus (“sixth”). Cognate with Catalan and Portuguese sesta.

### Noun

siesta f (Hebrew spelling סייסטה)
* (countable) siesta (a nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures)
** 2002, Gad Nassi, editor, En Tierras Ajenas Yo Me Vo Murir: Tekstos Kontemporanos en Djudeo-espaniol : Leyenda de Una Lingua - Haketia - Kuentos. Memorias - Meliselda - Oki Oki‎, Isis, →ISBN, page 225:Kadal diya, despues de aver kantado, dansado i konversado, kada una de eyas se iva para una siesta debasho de un arvole aparrte, sin ke kada una veyga a la otra.Every day, after having sung, danced and talked, each of them would go have a siesta separately under a tree, otherwise they’d all come to the other.

### References

* ↑ “siesta”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin sexta (hora) (“sixth hour; noon”), feminine of sextus (“sixth”).

### Noun

siesta f (plural siestas)
* noon; midday

#### Descendants

* Ladino: siesta, סייסטה
* Spanish: siesta
** → Armenian: սիեստա (siesta)
** → Cebuano: syista
** → English: siesta
** → Finnish: siesta
** → French: sieste
*** → Romanian: siestă
** → German: Siesta
** → Greek: σιέστα (siésta)
** → Hungarian: szieszta
** → Italian: siesta
** → Japanese: シエスタ (shiesuta)
** → Norwegian: siesta
** → Romansch: siesta
** → Russian: сие́ста (sijésta)
** → Swedish: siesta
** → Tagalog: siyesta
** → Turkish: siesta

### References

* Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “siesta”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 470

## Romanian
### Noun

siesta f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of siestă

## Romansch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish siesta.

### Noun

siesta f (plural siestas)
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, countable) siesta (a nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures)
    Synonyms: cuc (Surmiran), cupid (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader), cupidada (Surmiran), durmeidetta (Surmiran), durmida (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan), sien (Sutsilvan), sönet (Vallader), sönin (Puter, Vallader), tut (Sursilvan)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta (hora) (“sixth hour; noon”), feminine of sextus (“sixth”). Doublet of sexto and sesma. Cognate with Catalan and Portuguese sesta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsjesta/ [ˈsjes.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -esta
* Syllabification: sies‧ta

### Noun

siesta f (plural siestas, diminutive siestecita)
* (countable) siesta (a nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures)
    Antonym: duermevela

#### Derived terms

* siestecita
* tomar una siesta

#### Related terms

* sexto

#### Descendants

* → Armenian: սիեստա (siesta)
* → Cebuano: syista
* → English: siesta
* → Finnish: siesta
* → French: sieste
** → Romanian: siestă
* → German: Siesta
* → Greek: σιέστα (siésta)
* → Hungarian: szieszta
* → Italian: siesta
* → Japanese: シエスタ (shiesuta)
* → Norwegian: siesta
* → Romansch: siesta
* → Russian: сие́ста (sijésta)
* → Swedish: siesta
* → Tagalog: siyesta
* → Turkish: siesta

### References

* ↑ Nicole Lewis (2022 August 9) “The Pleasurable Secret to Dealing With Extreme Heat”, in Slate, retrieved 2022-08-09

### Further reading

* “siesta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10