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shoe

Aug 11, 2009, 6:58 AM

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Morning Naps

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My Mexican girlfriend tells me that there is a Spanish word for a nap in the morning and that siesta's are only taken after midday.

Does anyone know the word for morning naps? My girlfriend can't remember the word.

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shoe

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La Isla

Aug 11, 2009, 9:29 AM

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Re: [shoe] Morning Naps

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I have no idea what the word for "morning siesta" is, but I did find a definition on the Collins on-line dictionary website that said that "siesta" is, indeed, a nap taken in the afternoon. I love taking siestas (!) but never get up early enough to be able to take one in the morning!

tashby

Aug 11, 2009, 11:27 AM

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Does anyone know the word for morning naps?

I believe the word is hangover.

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Papirex

Aug 11, 2009, 1:30 PM

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While there is no specific word for a nap in the morning, the Spanish word dormitar means to doze, it could be used to mean a nap at any time.

I ran this question by my two resident Spanish linguists, my wife and suegra. They both agreed that there is no one word to describe a nap in the morning, like siesta describes an afternoon nap. They both agreed that using the word dormitar, with or without any explanatory words about when you were going to do it, was the most practical way to describe a morning nap.

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Aug 12, 2009, 12:29 PM

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Un sueñito.

Literally "a little sleep," this expression goes for any time of day. Morning, afternoon, at work--like so many Mexican contractors I know who will remain nameless just in case a supervisor happens to read this. "Me eché un sueño de 3 horas en el trabajo"--"I took a 3-hour nap at work," and the culprit grins a fiendish smile.

zaragemca

Nov 11, 2009, 10:11 AM

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Greeting, there is not really word for over sleeping in the morning in the Spanish culture, since it is taking as laziness, (unless some one have been working all night). But anybody could create an slang for it. Now there is a word for somebody which over sleep and it is, 'Dormilon,(a). Gerry Zaragemca
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