siesta

synonyms for siesta

On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to siesta, such as: catch, catnap, doze, drowse, nod, and rack.

Some cultures, of course, do embrace the afternoon nap, or siesta.
Nap Time for Everyone! (Ep. 468) | Stephen J. Dubner | July 8, 2021 | Freakonomics
During the week, most meals are taken at home, including midday lunch, when many businesses shut down, and might be followed by a siesta.
Everything You Need to Know About Costa Rican Food | Nicholas Gill | November 11, 2020 | Eater
How can anyone go home for a three-course meal and a siesta in the midst of peak trading?
Discovering The Charms Of La France Profonde | Emma Woolf | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

Now Egypt is again leading the way to the future after a long siesta under Hosni Mubarak.
The End of Arab Police States? | Bruce Riedel | April 23, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
When we reached the hotel everybody went in to take a siesta—that "Mittags-Schlaf" which is law in Germany.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy Fay
They dined, therefore, in silence, and afterwards he laid himself down as usual on the sofa for a siesta.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange Kielland
The session lasted until time for the noonday luncheon and siesta , and was resumed in the afternoon.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone Johnston
We happened to reach it when the prisoners were having a siesta.
A Journey Through France in War Time | Joseph G. Butler, Jr.
Is there no sombra where we can eat our lunch and take a siesta?
Mexico | Charles Reginald Enock

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