different between catnap vs siesta

English

Etymology 1

cat +? nap

Noun

catnap (plural catnaps)

1. A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime. [from 1820s]

Alternative forms

• cat nap
• cat-nap

Translations

Verb

catnap (third-person singular simple present catnaps, present participle catnapping, simple past and past participle catnapped)

1. (intransitive) To take a catnap, to take a short sleep or nap. [from 1850s]

Translations

See also

• nap
• shuteye
• snooze

Etymology 2

cat +? -nap

Verb

catnap (third-person singular simple present catnaps, present participle catnapping, simple past and past participle catnapped)

1. (transitive) To kidnap a cat.

Derived terms

• catnapper

Anagrams

• captan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish siesta.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /si??st?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /si??st?/
• Rhymes: -?st?

Noun

siesta (plural siestas)

1. A nap, especially an afternoon one taken after lunch in some cultures.
   • 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan

     One humid afternoon a visitor did arrive to disturb Rottcodd as he lay deeply hammocked, for his siesta was broken sharply by a rattling of the door handle […]

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:shut-eye

Translations

Verb

siesta (third-person singular simple present siestas, present participle siestaing, simple past and past participle siestaed)

1. (intransitive) to take a siesta; to nap.

Synonyms

• siest

Anagrams

• Tassie, staies, tassie

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish siesta.

Noun

siesta

1. siesta

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish siesta.

Noun

siesta f (invariable)

1. siesta, nap

Anagrams

• asseti, esista, estasi, issate

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish siesta.

Noun

siesta f (plural siestas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) nap

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) durmida
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) cupid
• (Sursilvan) tut
• (Sutsilvan) sien
• (Surmiran) cupidada, durmeidetta, cuc
• (Puter, Vallader) sönin
• (Vallader) sönet

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sexta (hora) (“sixth hour, noon”), feminine of sextus (“sixth”). Cognate with Portuguese sesta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sjesta/, [?sjes.t?a]

Noun

siesta f (plural siestas)

1. siesta, nap

   Antonym: duermevela

Derived terms

• siestecita
• tomar una siesta

Related terms

• sexto

Descendants

• ? Armenian: ?????? (siesta)
• ? English: siesta
• ? Finnish: siesta
• ? French: sieste
• ? German: Siesta
• ? Greek: ?????? (siésta)
• ? Hungarian: szieszta
• ? Italian: siesta
• ? Japanese: ???? (shiesuta)
• ? Norwegian: siesta
• ? Romansch: siesta
• ? Russian: ??????? (sijésta)
• ? Swedish: siesta

Further reading

• “siesta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.