English-Italian translations for siesta

• pennichella
• siesta
  Ma la pausa di riflessione, cari colleghi, non può e non deve diventare una siesta messicana. Time for reflection, however, ladies and gentlemen, cannot, and must not, become a Mexican siesta.
  Mentre noi accorriamo gridando all'influenza, il Consiglio scosta appena il sombrero per rispondere mañana, mañana e riprendere beato la siesta. We run towards it crying 'flu, flu', and the sombrero lifts slowly and the Council replies 'mañana mañana' and goes back to its siesta.

Definition of siesta

• A nap, especially an afternoon one taken after lunch in some cultures
• to take a siesta; to nap

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• push up daisies
• be pushing up the daisies
• to be pushing up daisies