siesta

B2Rank #4614

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

Part of speech
noun
Article
la
Gender
feminine
Frequency rank
#4614 of 5,000

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"siesta" in example sentences

"siesta" appears in 50 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation, counting 2 spellings (singular and plural). Here are 3 of them.

Hay tiempo para una siesta más.

There's plenty of time for one more nap.

Tatoeba #1582749

Extraño tomar siestas en clase.

I miss having nap time in class.

Tatoeba #11463063

Necesito una siesta.

I need a nap.

Tatoeba #3562822

Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.

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