festivo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fēstīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fesˈti.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

Latin

Adjective

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.

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁stosder.

Proto-Italic *θēstos

Proto-Italic *fēstosder.

Latin fēstus

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin īvus

Latin fēstīvusbor.

Portuguese festivo

Borrowed from Latin fēstīvus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fesˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fesˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /feʃˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fesˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨʃˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨʃˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨʃˈti.bu/ [fɨʃˈti.βu]

• Hyphenation: fes‧ti‧vo

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

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: festivu

Further reading

• “festivo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “festivo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fēstīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fesˈtibo/ [fesˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: fes‧ti‧vo

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025