siesta – Spanish noun declension

Noun: siesta
Gender: f Hyphenation: sies‧ta

Singular f	siesta
Plural f	siestas

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like siesta

enlatadora, gencianilla, paletada, interneurona, palestra, quinacridona, uridina, bacinilla, sopaipilla, histerectomía, desaveniencia, baicaleína, mesanina, delicatessen, hipertrigliceridemia, teleasistencia, sequía, serifa, seroja, sesera, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta (hora) (“sixth hour; noon”), feminine of sextus (“sixth”). Doublet of sexto and sesma. Cognate with Catalan and Portuguese sesta. See: Old Spanish Nouns 'siesta', Old Spanish Nouns 'siesta', Latin Nouns 'sexta'.

Verbs referencing "siesta"

English Nouns siesta, Finnish Nouns siesta, Italian Nouns siesta, French Nouns sieste, Catalan Nouns sesta, Portuguese Nouns sesta.

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