siesta

noun

1. (countable)A nap, especially an afternoon one taken during the hottest part of the day in some cultures.

   “One humid afternoon a visitor did arrive to disturb Rottcodd as he lay deeply hammocked, for his siesta was broken sharply by a rattling of the door handle […]”

   “When it's time for siesta, you can watch them go by / Beautiful faces, no cares in this world”

2. (attributive, offensive, sometimes)Laid-back attitudes to work or laziness, especially by a Hispanic person.

   “Lest we think all of this is due to the proverbial inefficiency of the Latin American - 'siesta people' - we can see some of these signs, perhaps in a less dramatic way, in European societies and in the celebrated 'tigers' of South East Asia.”

   “I had eaten a simple lunch, and in the relaxed siesta attitude that pervaded the place I settled back in my chair and looked at the mountains behind in all their austerity.”

   “Many observers believe the subtropical environment contributes to a slow-paced, siesta culture in which nothing work-related is so important that it cannot wait until tomorrow.”

verb

1. (intransitive)to take a siesta; to nap.