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"siesta" in English

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"siesta" in English
siesta{feminine}
nap- siesta- afternoon nap
"siesta" in Spanish
siesta{noun}
siesta- sesteo
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TRANSLATIONS & EXAMPLES
siesta{feminine}
siesta(also: acostada, camarón, pistito)
nap{noun}
tiene el hábito de dormir la siesta
she is in the habit of having a nap in the afternoon
tiene el hábito de dormir la siesta
she usually has a nap in the afternoon
echar una siesta
to take a nap
siesta(also: sesteo)
siesta{noun}
No hagamos que esta pausa de reflexión se convierta en una siesta a la mexicana; despertemos un poco antes.
Let us not turn this pause for reflection into a Mexican siesta; let us wake up a little before then.
La primera ha sido una reflexión, no una siesta, como habrían querido decir algunos.
The first phase was reflection, not siesta, as some would have liked to say.
Sin embargo, el tiempo de reflexión, Señorías, no puede ni debe convertirse en una siesta mexicana.
Time for reflection, however, ladies and gentlemen, cannot, and must not, become a Mexican siesta.
siesta
afternoon nap{noun} [TM] [idiom]
siesta{noun}
siesta(also: nap)
siesta{f}
Let us not turn this pause for reflection into a Mexican siesta; let us wake up a little before then.
No hagamos que esta pausa de reflexión se convierta en una siesta a la mexicana; despertemos un poco antes.
The first phase was reflection, not siesta, as some would have liked to say.
La primera ha sido una reflexión, no una siesta, como habrían querido decir algunos.
Time for reflection, however, ladies and gentlemen, cannot, and must not, become a Mexican siesta.
Sin embargo, el tiempo de reflexión, Señorías, no puede ni debe convertirse en una siesta mexicana.
siesta
sesteo{m} [LAm.]

CONTEXT EXAMPLES
Context examples for "siesta" in English(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.
tiene el hábito de dormir la siesta
she is in the habit of having a nap in the afternoon
la siesta es toda una institución en España
the siesta is a real institution in Spain
a la hora de la siesta no hay nadie en la calle
after lunch the streets are deserted
Y ¡cuantas comunidades [rebeldes] hemos destruido, a las que les sobrevino Nuestra furia durante la noche, o mientras dormían la siesta!
Yet how many a town have We destroyed, and Our wrath came upon it by night, or while they slept at noon;
tiene el hábito de dormir la siesta
she usually has a nap in the afternoon
la hora de la siesta
siesta time
echar una siesta
to take a nap

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