sesta
Portuguese, noun/ˈsɛs.tɐ/
sesta is spelled S-E-S-T-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 38,177th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sesta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “nap (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “período após o almoço”.
What does sesta mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenap (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. período após o almoço 2. sono que é realizado após o almoço
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sesta
- sestas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sesta?
- Brazil /ˈsɛs.tɐ/
- /ˈsɛʃ.tɐ/
- Portugal /ˈsɛʃ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sesta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sesta in Portuguese?
sesta appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).