siesta

f.

siesta, nap.

dormir o echarse la siesta to have an afternoon nap

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siesta

► nombre femenino

1 siesta, afternoon nap

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dormir la siesta / echar la siesta to have a siesta, have an afternoon nap

la hora de la siesta siesta time

la siesta del carnero a nap before lunch

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SF

1) (=sueñecito) siesta, nap

la hora de la siesta — siesta time ( after lunch )

dormir la o echarse una siesta — to have an afternoon nap

2) (=hora del día) afternoon

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femenino siesta, nap

dormir la siesta or echar una siesta — to have a siesta o nap

a la hora de la siesta — during siesta-time

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= nap, kip.

Ex. A small, but growing, number of employers are allowing workplace naps; some are actively encouraging this little reprieve from consciousness.

Ex. They swam in the shallow waters and had a kip in the shadows cast by the trees along the riverbank, waiting for the heat to dissipate.

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* dormir una siesta = nap, napping, kip, take + a nap.

* echarse una siesta = take + a nap, nap, napping.

* siesta corta = power nap, catnap.

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femenino siesta, nap

dormir la siesta or echar una siesta — to have a siesta o nap

a la hora de la siesta — during siesta-time

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= nap, kip.

Ex: A small, but growing, number of employers are allowing workplace naps; some are actively encouraging this little reprieve from consciousness.

Ex: They swam in the shallow waters and had a kip in the shadows cast by the trees along the riverbank, waiting for the heat to dissipate.

* dormir una siesta = nap, napping, kip, take + a nap.

* echarse una siesta = take + a nap, nap, napping.

* siesta corta = power nap, catnap.

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siesta

feminine

siesta, nap

en casa no dormimos la siesta we don't have a siesta o nap at home

me voy a echar una siestecita or (RPl) una siestita I'm going to have a nap o siesta, I'm just going to have forty winks (colloq)

la hora de la siesta siesta time

a la hora de la siesta no hay nadie en la calle after lunch the streets are deserted

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siesta sustantivo femenino
siesta, nap;
dormir la siesta or echar una siesta to have a siesta o nap
siesta sustantivo femenino nap, siesta
dormir la siesta/echar una siesta, to have an afternoon nap o a siesta
'siesta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acostumbrar
- dormir
- sagrada
- sagrado
- sestear
English:
forty winks
- nap
- siesta

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siesta nf

siesta, nap;

dormir o [m5]echarse la siesta to have an afternoon nap;

no me llames a la hora de la siesta don't call me at siesta time

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siesta

f siesta, nap;

dormir la siesta have a siesta o nap

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siesta nf

: nap, siesta

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siesta n siesta / nap

echarse una siesta to have a siesta