sestear
Portuguese, verb/ses.teˈa(ʁ)/
sestear is spelled S-E-S-T-E-A-R (7 letters). Sestear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to nap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “abrigar (o gado) protegendo do sol do meio-dia”.
What does sestear mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto nap
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. abrigar (o gado) protegendo do sol do meio-dia 2. realizar a sesta
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 sestear
- sesteio first-person present singular
- sesteei first-person preterite singular
- sesteado participle past
- sesteares infinitive second-person singular
- sestearmos first-person infinitive plural
- sesteardes infinitive plural second-person
- sestearem infinitive plural third-person
- sesteando gerund
- sesteados masculine participle past
- sesteada feminine participle past
- sesteadas feminine participle past
- sesteias indicative present second-person
- sesteia indicative present singular
- sesteamos first-person indicative plural
- sesteais indicative plural present
- sesteiam indicative plural present
- sesteava first-person imperfect indicative
- sesteavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sestear?
- Brazil /ses.teˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ses.teˈa(h)]
- /ses.teˈa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.