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What is the difference between siesa and take a nap?



 
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What is the difference between siesa and take a nap? #1 (permalink) Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:03 am   What is the difference between siesa and take a nap?		  
Would you tell me what is the difference between siesa and take a nap?
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what is the difference between siesa and take a nap? #2 (permalink) Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:54 am   what is the difference between siesa and take a nap?		  
Hello,

Do you mean "siesta"?
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what is the difference between siesa and take a nap? #3 (permalink) Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:29 am   what is the difference between siesa and take a nap?		  
Kiki wrote:
Would you tell me what is the difference between siesa and take a nap?

You take/have a siesta.
The stores all close after lunch when everyone takes a siesta.
No difference in meaning. Only that 'nap' is more usual.
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what is the difference between siesa and take a nap? #4 (permalink) Wed Aug 19, 2009 4:17 am   what is the difference between siesa and take a nap?		  
'Siesta' is simply the Spanish word for an afternoon nap or rest, which has been absorbed into English as a synonym for 'nap'.
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