sesta

Meaning

nap (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Concepts

nap

siesta

kip

snooze

sleep

😴

forty winks

doze

catnap

cat sleep

short sleep

headbutt

afternoon nap

drowse

Synonyms

cochilo

soneca

ano

sono

😴

sesta, cochilo

Translations

siesta

sieste

pisolino

sonnellino

pennichella

Nickerchen

migdiada

cabezada

siesta

Schläfchen

becaina

dutje

υπνάκος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛs.tɐ/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: siesta

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese sesta, from Latin sexta (hora), feminine of sextus (“sixth”), from sex (“six”). Doublet of sexta. Cognate with Spanish siesta.