I’m Spanish, from Spain. We eat dinner at 8-9, maybe 10 if it’s out, 11 is way too late to have dinner, people go to sleep before 12. I did the same outside of Spain too because of habits.
Lunch is at 2pm too.
Siesta (aka nap, idk why people idolise the word when there’s a direct translation) is right after lunch since eating gives sleepiness appparently, but that’s not really a thing anymore, we need to work until 5-6pm and there’s shit to be done after that.
Idk about the Spanish people outside of Spain you know, but I’m from Spain, living in Spain. Oh, and most people start working at 8 although I try to find places where it’s 9-6 because I stay way too late, but that’s a me thing.
Thanks! It should be “Some Spanish people I know…” Sorry if I overexaggerated. It’s just that over my life in student dorms, multiple unrelated Spanish people would be in the common kitchen when I was going to sleep (maybe still chatting after dinner), and they would be there when I woke up. This was blowing my mind.
I think when you use the word “siesta” in English (and many other languages), it becomes more specific than “nap”. Like, if I take a nap at 8PM to go out and party later, I would not call it a nap. Similarly, when I was a kid I was napping while parents drove me to school - that I wouldn’t call siesta either.
I’m Spanish, from Spain. We eat dinner at 8-9, maybe 10 if it’s out, 11 is way too late to have dinner, people go to sleep before 12. I did the same outside of Spain too because of habits.
Lunch is at 2pm too.
Siesta (aka nap, idk why people idolise the word when there’s a direct translation) is right after lunch since eating gives sleepiness appparently, but that’s not really a thing anymore, we need to work until 5-6pm and there’s shit to be done after that.
Idk about the Spanish people outside of Spain you know, but I’m from Spain, living in Spain. Oh, and most people start working at 8 although I try to find places where it’s 9-6 because I stay way too late, but that’s a me thing.
Thanks! It should be “Some Spanish people I know…” Sorry if I overexaggerated. It’s just that over my life in student dorms, multiple unrelated Spanish people would be in the common kitchen when I was going to sleep (maybe still chatting after dinner), and they would be there when I woke up. This was blowing my mind.
I think when you use the word “siesta” in English (and many other languages), it becomes more specific than “nap”. Like, if I take a nap at 8PM to go out and party later, I would not call it a nap. Similarly, when I was a kid I was napping while parents drove me to school - that I wouldn’t call siesta either.