Definitions for siesta

siesta si·es·ta

Spelling: [see-es-tuh]
IPA: /siˈɛs tə/

Siesta is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in siesta (aeisst).

Definitions for siesta

noun

  1. a midday or afternoon rest or nap, especially as taken in Spain and Latin America.

Origin of siesta

1645-55; Spanish Latin sexta (hōra) the sixth (hour), midday

Examples for siesta

I am somewhat late with my siesta on this hot day, it seems.

What cry was that which startles the seraglio from its siesta?

"They're going into the Saint's Pool to have a siesta," said Vere.

I'm afraid to speak to the servants—they are making the siesta.

Most of our party slept the siesta, and at about four oʼclock we called at the Palace.

Is there no sombra where we can eat our lunch and take a siesta?

The habits of the siesta obtained in a modified form at the rancho.

I went to keep her company by her bedside after I had taken my siesta.

We happened to reach it when the prisoners were having a siesta.

How can anyone go home for a three-course meal and a siesta in the midst of peak trading?

Word Value for siesta
Scrable

6

Words with friends

6

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