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SIESTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does siesta mean?
• SIESTA (noun)
The noun SIESTA has 1 sense:
1. a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)
Familiarity information: SIESTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("siesta" is a kind of...):
catnap; forty winks; light sleep; nap; short sleep; snooze (sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed))
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