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/

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• (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

Possessive forms of fiesta (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	fiestani	fiestamme
2nd person	fiestasi	fiestanne
3rd person	fiestansa

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Polish

Etymology

From Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of festum (“feast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɛ.sta/

Noun

fiesta f

1. (in Spanish speaking countries) fiesta

Declension

declension of fiesta

	singular	plural
nominative	fiesta	fiesty
genitive	fiesty	fiest
dative	fieście	fiestom
accusative	fiestę	fiesty
instrumental	fiestą	fiestami
locative	fieście	fiestach
vocative	fiesto	fiesty

Further reading

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

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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.