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sesteo

Spanish, noun

sesteo is spelled S-E-S-T-E-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written Spanish, the 265,703rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sesteo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “nap; doze; siesta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of sestear. With an accent, sesteó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of sestear”.

What does sesteo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinenap; doze; siesta

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of sestear

verb

as sesteó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of sestear

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of sesteo

  • sesteos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is sesteo in Spanish?

sesteo appears about once in every 58 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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