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siesta::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | catnap, forty winks, light sleep, nap, short sleep, snooze |
Examples of siesta
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Apparently the siesta is alive and well, as these places rent rooms by the hour.
From the chron.com
After this lunch, I could do with a siesta, but the Germans don't roll that way.
From the guardian.co.uk
Many countries, most notably Spain, still center their schedule around a siesta.
From the courier-journal.com
He said he was a regular siesta taker, and it looked as if was telling the truth.
From the thenewstribune.com
According to the report, how have lifestyle changes in Spain affected the siesta?
From the cnn.com
I know the siesta is traditional, but it doesn't make sense to make it mandatory.
From the positivesharing.com
It may be that those who awake groggy choose not to siesta in the first place.
From the economist.com
Combine lunch and a siesta in a cool park to escape the early afternoon heat.
From the sfgate.com
Siesta Key can be reached at 349-9494 and the Gulf Gate location at 926-0022.
From the heraldtribune.com
- A nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)
- Prince Polo is a Polish chocolate bar. It is sold in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Lithuania and Ukraine under the name Siesta, and is also sold in Iceland, where it is colloquially known as u201CPrins Pu00F3lu00F3u201D...
- SIESTA (Spanish Initiative for Electronic Simulations with Thousands of Atoms) is an original method and a software implementation for performing electronic structure calculations and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of molecules and solids.
- Siesta is a 1987 film directed by Mary Lambert, and starring Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne and Jodie Foster. It also stars Martin Sheen, Isabella Rossellini, Grace Jones, Julian Sands and Alexi Sayle.
- An afternoon nap
- (Siestas) are traditionally no longer than 30 minutes and are more of a light rest than any kind of serious sleep.
- This highly civilized practice of catching forty winks during the hottest part of the day is found only in the most advanced civilizations. See: NAP.
- Afternoon nap (time) [I15]siglo age [I1], epoch [I2], century [I13], life [I35], -s times [I39]
- A rest or short nap, usually after the midday meal.
