siesta

noun

Pronunciation: /siˈɛstə/

Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta (“the sixth hour from dawn, noon, midday”). Doublet of sext.

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”
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.”

Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta (“the sixth hour from dawn, noon, midday”). Doublet of sext.