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Meanings of catnap in English

Portuguese
sesta
Catalan
rebeca
Spanish
sueñecito

Sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

sesta
Portuguese
dormitar
Catalan
fer una becaina
Spanish
echar una siesta

Take a siesta.

dormitar
Usage of catnap in English
1
As he recalled, Molly could revive pretty quickly after even a brief catnap.
Daniel's desire
2
He wondered, as he had before, whether the old man was taking a catnap.
The last testament
3
Around 6 PM, I decided to take a catnap and fell asleep across the bed.
Oh lord, help me keep my panties on
4
I won't mind if you catnap for a while.
God's gift
5
While Walter took a catnap, I went downstairs.
Desert places: a novel of terror
6
After a cup of coffee and Danish, I was ready for a shower and a catnap.
Oh lord, help me keep my panties on
7
Seems like he took a catnap every night.
Damaged
8
He surely couldn't catnap under his seat.
The new yorker
9
I was debating a catnap on the couch when a folder on Chance's desk caught my eye.
Terminal
10
Two minutes before the global apocalypse started, Stone woke from a catnap and refocused on the TV screen.
Analog sff, december 2009
11
Better take a catnap, he said.
Crazy for the storm: a memoir of survival
12
Erica had slept a deep and dreamless sleep, but still felt as though she'd barely had a catnap.
The ice princess
13
I was only taking a catnap.
Alpine for You
14
I could catnap every 10 minutes for about 8 minutes while waiting for Wayne.
Climbing Magazine
15
He had trained himself to catnap in his office for tenor twenty-minute periods, after which he felt remarkably refreshed.
Alas, Babylon
16
That was the time I was taking to study some diagrams I'd made, but instead took an involuntary catnap.
The Runaway Asteroid