fiesta

English

Traditional procession at a fiesta

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of festum (feast). Doublet of feast, fest, and fete.

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Noun

fiesta (plural fiestas)

  1. (in Spanish-speaking countries) A religious festival.
  2. A festive occasion.
    Synonyms: celebration, party
    • 2023 January 4, Ashifa Kassam, “Six-day illegal rave sees 5,000 people descend on Spanish village”, in The Guardian:
      The police arrived swiftly, deciding it would be safer to keep watch over the fiesta rather than forcefully evict thousands of revellers.

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Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin fēsta, from Latin fēsta, plural of fēstum.

Noun

fiesta f (plural fiestes)

  1. party
  2. festival

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish fiesta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfie̯stɑ/, [ˈfie̞̯s̠t̪ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -iestɑ
  • Syllabification(key): fies‧ta

Noun

fiesta

  1. fiesta

Declension

Inflection of fiesta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative fiesta fiestat
genitive fiestan fiestojen
partitive fiestaa fiestoja
illative fiestaan fiestoihin
singular plural
nominative fiesta fiestat
accusative nom. fiesta fiestat
gen. fiestan
genitive fiestan fiestojen
fiestainrare
partitive fiestaa fiestoja
inessive fiestassa fiestoissa
elative fiestasta fiestoista
illative fiestaan fiestoihin
adessive fiestalla fiestoilla
ablative fiestalta fiestoilta
allative fiestalle fiestoille
essive fiestana fiestoina
translative fiestaksi fiestoiksi
instructive fiestoin
abessive fiestatta fiestoitta
comitative fiestoineen
Possessive forms of fiesta (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person fiestani fiestamme
2nd person fiestasi fiestanne
3rd person fiestansa

French

Noun

fiesta f (plural fiestas)

  1. (colloquial) fiesta

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of festum (feast).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfjɛs.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsta
  • Syllabification: fies‧ta

Noun

fiesta f

  1. (in Spanish-speaking countries) fiesta

Declension

Further reading

  • fiesta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fiesta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin fĕsta, from Latin fēsta, plural of fēstum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfjesta/ [ˈfjes.t̪a]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -esta
  • Syllabification: fies‧ta

Noun

fiesta f (plural fiestas)

  1. party
    Synonyms: pachanga, farra, (Mexico) reventón, (Honduras) charrango, juerga, parranda
  2. feast
  3. feast day (of a saint)
  4. holiday

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Descendants

  • Basque: besta
  • Cebuano: pista
  • English: fiesta
  • Finnish: fiesta
  • Tagalog: pista

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