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 and fete.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɪˈɛstə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fiˈɛstə/
• Rhymes: -ɛstə

Noun

fiesta (plural fiestas)

1. (In Spanish speaking countries) A religious festival.
2. A festive occasion.

Synonyms

• (festive occasion): celebration, party

Translations

religious festival in Spanish speaking country

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 節日 (zh), 节日 (zh) (jiérì), 祭典 (zh) (jìdiǎn)

• Finnish: fiesta (fi)

• French: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: γιορτή (el) f (giortí)
• Spanish: fiesta (es) f

festive occasion

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 節日 (zh), 节日 (zh) (jiérì)

• Finnish: juhla (fi)

• French: fête (fr) f, (slang) teuf (fr) f, (obsolete) boum (fr) f, (slang, Lorraine) chouille (fr) f
• Greek: γιορτή (el) f (giortí)
• Spanish: fiesta (es) f

Anagrams

• afties, saftie

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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

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Finnish

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

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjesta/, [ˈfjest̪a]

Noun

fiesta f (plural fiestas)

1. party

   Synonyms: pachanga, farra, reventón (Mexico), charrango (Honduras), juerga, parranda

2. feast
3. feast day (of a saint)
4. holiday

Derived terms

• día de fiesta (“holiday”) (Cuba)
• aguafiestas
• cuando el gato no está los ratones están de fiesta
• fiestear
• fiestero
• no saber de qué va la fiesta

 

Descendants

• → Basque: besta
• → English: fiesta
• → Finnish: fiesta

Related terms

• festejar
• festín
• festivo
• festival
• festividad

Further reading

• “fiesta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.