festivo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fēstīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˈsti.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: fe‧stì‧vo

Adjective

festivo (feminine festiva, masculine plural festivi, feminine plural festive)

1. (relational) holiday
2. (relational) Sunday, of Sunday
3. festive

Noun

festivo m (plural festivi)

1. (official) holiday; Sunday

   Synonym: giorno festivo

Usage notes

• Used especially on timetables.

Further reading

• festivo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) fēstīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fēstīvus

References

• “festivo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• festivo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fēstīvus.

Adjective

festivo (feminine festiva, masculine plural festivos, feminine plural festivas)

1. festive (having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival or party)

Derived terms

• festivamente

Related terms

• festa
• festividade

Further reading

• “festivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fēstīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fesˈtibo/ [fesˈt̪i.β̞o]

Adjective

festivo (feminine festiva, masculine plural festivos, feminine plural festivas)

1. festive

Derived terms

• día festivo

Noun

festivo m (plural festivos)

1. holiday (day on which a festival, etc, is traditionally observed)

   Synonyms: día festivo, feriado

Further reading

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