Usually means: Short nap taken after lunch.
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  1. siesta: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. siesta: Merriam-Webster
  3. siesta: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. siesta: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. siesta: Collins English Dictionary
  6. siesta: Vocabulary.com
  7. Siesta, siesta: Wordnik
  8. siesta: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. siesta: Wiktionary
  10. siesta: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. siesta: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. siesta: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. siesta: Dictionary.com
  14. siesta: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. siesta: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. SIESTA (computer program), Siesta (disambiguation), Siesta (film), Siesta, The Siesta: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Siesta: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. siesta: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. siesta: Rhymezone
  20. Siesta: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. siesta: FreeDictionary.org
  22. siesta: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. siesta: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. Siesta: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SIESTA: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SIESTA: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. siesta: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See siestas as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (countable) A nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures.
noun:  (attributive, sometimes offensive) Laid-back attitudes to work or laziness, especially by a Hispanic person.
verb:  (intransitive) to take a siesta; to nap.

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