If only English had a word for siesta like, don't know, nap? I would use nap in the same sentences as siesta and I always considered them equivalent. The cultu

If only English had a word for siesta like, don't know, nap? I would use nap in the same sentences as siesta and I always considered them equivalent. The cultural thing with siesta is that after midday and for a few hours it's pretty much suicide to go outside, less do work under the sun, hence why in agricultural towns is common to work from 5 or 6 am until noon-ish then go to have lunch and sleep a while until it's safe to go outside and start with your social life. In the cities that schedule doesn't exist, but some traditions remain like shops closed from 2pm to 5pm or businesses closed the whole month of August. In any case, these are also disappearing due to big chains taking over the high street, who have enough money to invest in several store clerks to cover 10am-10pm (yup, that's the typical mall schedule in Spain).