If you want to TELL someone to take a nap, you say, "Toma una siesta." It is pronounced, "TOE-mah OOh-nah see-ES-tah." Sites such as learn-spanish.co.il provide audio
pronunciations of many common Spanish words.
Let's go to Sleep = Vamos a Dormir
The verb for 'to go' in Spanish is Ir. It is an irregular stem changing verb and the we (nosotros) form is Vamos.
A = to (when linking or referring to a noun or action)
Dormir = To sleep. This is the infinite form of the verb. You can replace this verb with whatever other verb in the infinite form to express an idea for "us" to do.
Estoy sonoliento/a (tilde, small wave, on the first 'n') = I am (male/female) sleepy
Usted esta/estas sonoliento/a = You (formal/informal) are sleepy (male/female)
siesta
It is spanish for "the nap". In some countries it refers also to the period of time after lunch and before starting the afternoon shift, the 'nap time' not the nap itself, as i.e. 'nos encontramos a la siesta' (we meet at nap time).
Buenos tardes. buenas tardes"Buenas tardes is how you say good afternoon in Spanish.Buenas tardes.Buenas tardes
"Good afternoon" is actually a very common phrase in Spanish. The proper way to say "good afternoon" in Spanish is "Buena's Dias".
descanso de mediodía, antes de comer.siesta, cualquier tiempo que se destinare a descansar o dormir después de comer.
you say "in the afternoon" when you are telling time. when you are telling time you use Son las unless it is 1 that is when you use Es la una. In the afternoon at the end is DE LA TARDE. at night is DE LA NOCHE. In the morning it is DE LA MANANA.
an afternoon nap in Spanish is called a siesta
It is siesta (from the Spanish custom).
siesta
The word is siesta (from Spanish).
"Siesta" refers to a nap, usually after lunch.
No, I don't take an afternoon nap.
I laid down for a nap this afternoon, because 'this afternoon' implies past tense. If you want 'I lay down for a nap', then you take out the 'this afternoon'.
It is spanish for "the nap". In some countries it refers also to the period of time after lunch and before starting the afternoon shift, the 'nap time' not the nap itself, as i.e. 'nos encontramos a la siesta' (we meet at nap time).
It is spanish for "the nap". In some countries it refers also to the period of time after lunch and before starting the afternoon shift, the 'nap time' not the nap itself, as i.e. 'nos encontramos a la siesta' (we meet at nap time).
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La tarde.
A siesta is a midday or afternoon nap. Siestas are common in Spain and Latin America and they originate back to the Spanish Civil War.