sestear

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Portuguese

Etymology

Either borrowed from Spanish sestear or from sesta +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ses‧te‧ar

Verb

sestear (first-person singular present sesteio, first-person singular preterite sesteei, past participle sesteado)

  1. (colloquial, Rio Grande do Sul) to nap

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From siesta +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sesteˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ses‧te‧ar

Verb

sestear (first-person singular present sesteo, first-person singular preterite sesteé, past participle sesteado)

  1. (intransitive) to nap, to have a siesta
    • 2016 October 30, “Napflix, la plataforma de vídeos que te hará roncar en la siesta”, in El Periódico:
      La "exitosa web española" -titular de la BBC- con 'youtubes' para sestear surgió de la cabeza de dos jóvenes publicistas, Víctor de Tena y Franc Bonet, devotos de echar una cabezadita siempre que se puede y defensores de la idea de que esta costumbre tan mediterránea debería "implementarse hasta en el trabajo".
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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