English–Spanish

“nap” in Spanish

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈsjesta/

Example

Después de comer, duermo la siesta.

I take a nap after eating.

Illustration for siesta (nap)

How to say “nap” in Spanish

“Nap” in Spanish is siesta.

Brief rest after the midday meal.

Full entry for siesta: usage tips, similar words and word origin

Example sentences with siesta

Después del trabajo, me gusta tomar una siesta corta.

After work, I like to take a short nap.

Tips for using siesta

  • In everyday speech siesta commonly appears with the article as la siesta and with verbs like hacer or echarse, producing natural phrases such as hacer la siesta or echarse una siesta.

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