sestear
Spanish, verb/sesteˈaɾ/
sestear is spelled S-E-S-T-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 182,048th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sestear is a Spanish verb meaning “to nap, to have a siesta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pasar la siesta durmiendo o descansando”.
What does sestear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nap, to have a siesta
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Pasar la siesta durmiendo o descansando. 2. Recogerse el ganado durante el día en paraje sombrío para descansar y librarse de los rigores del sol.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sestear
- sesteo first-person present singular
- sesteé first-person preterite singular
- sesteado participle past
- sesteando gerund
- sesteada feminine participle past
- sesteados masculine participle past
- sesteadas feminine participle past
- sesteas indicative informal present
- sesteás indicative informal present
- sestea indicative present singular
- sesteamos first-person indicative plural
- sesteáis indicative plural present
- sestean indicative plural present
- sesteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- sesteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- sesteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sesteabais imperfect indicative plural
- sesteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sestear?
- /sesteˈaɾ/
- [ses.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [sest̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sestear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sestear in Spanish?
sestear appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).