fiesta

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English[edit]

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Traditional procession at a fiesta

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[1]:
      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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Verb[edit]

fiesta (third-person singular simple present fiestas, present participle fiestaing, simple past and past participle fiestaed)

  1. (intransitive) To take part in a festive celebration; to party.

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Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

fiesta f (plural fiestes)

  1. party
  2. festival

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish fiesta.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

fiesta

  1. fiesta

Declension[edit]

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
abessive fiestatta fiestoitta
instructive fiestoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of fiesta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fiestani fiestani
accusative nom. fiestani fiestani
gen. fiestani
genitive fiestani fiestojeni
fiestainirare
partitive fiestaani fiestojani
inessive fiestassani fiestoissani
elative fiestastani fiestoistani
illative fiestaani fiestoihini
adessive fiestallani fiestoillani
ablative fiestaltani fiestoiltani
allative fiestalleni fiestoilleni
essive fiestanani fiestoinani
translative fiestakseni fiestoikseni
abessive fiestattani fiestoittani
instructive
comitative fiestoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fiestasi fiestasi
accusative nom. fiestasi fiestasi
gen. fiestasi
genitive fiestasi fiestojesi
fiestaisirare
partitive fiestaasi fiestojasi
inessive fiestassasi fiestoissasi
elative fiestastasi fiestoistasi
illative fiestaasi fiestoihisi
adessive fiestallasi fiestoillasi
ablative fiestaltasi fiestoiltasi
allative fiestallesi fiestoillesi
essive fiestanasi fiestoinasi
translative fiestaksesi fiestoiksesi
abessive fiestattasi fiestoittasi
instructive
comitative fiestoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative fiestamme fiestamme
accusative nom. fiestamme fiestamme
gen. fiestamme
genitive fiestamme fiestojemme
fiestaimmerare
partitive fiestaamme fiestojamme
inessive fiestassamme fiestoissamme
elative fiestastamme fiestoistamme
illative fiestaamme fiestoihimme
adessive fiestallamme fiestoillamme
ablative fiestaltamme fiestoiltamme
allative fiestallemme fiestoillemme
essive fiestanamme fiestoinamme
translative fiestaksemme fiestoiksemme
abessive fiestattamme fiestoittamme
instructive
comitative fiestoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative fiestanne fiestanne
accusative nom. fiestanne fiestanne
gen. fiestanne
genitive fiestanne fiestojenne
fiestainnerare
partitive fiestaanne fiestojanne
inessive fiestassanne fiestoissanne
elative fiestastanne fiestoistanne
illative fiestaanne fiestoihinne
adessive fiestallanne fiestoillanne
ablative fiestaltanne fiestoiltanne
allative fiestallenne fiestoillenne
essive fiestananne fiestoinanne
translative fiestaksenne fiestoiksenne
abessive fiestattanne fiestoittanne
instructive
comitative fiestoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative fiestansa fiestansa
accusative nom. fiestansa fiestansa
gen. fiestansa
genitive fiestansa fiestojensa
fiestainsarare
partitive fiestaansa fiestojaan
fiestojansa
inessive fiestassaan
fiestassansa
fiestoissaan
fiestoissansa
elative fiestastaan
fiestastansa
fiestoistaan
fiestoistansa
illative fiestaansa fiestoihinsa
adessive fiestallaan
fiestallansa
fiestoillaan
fiestoillansa
ablative fiestaltaan
fiestaltansa
fiestoiltaan
fiestoiltansa
allative fiestalleen
fiestallensa
fiestoilleen
fiestoillensa
essive fiestanaan
fiestanansa
fiestoinaan
fiestoinansa
translative fiestakseen
fiestaksensa
fiestoikseen
fiestoiksensa
abessive fiestattaan
fiestattansa
fiestoittaan
fiestoittansa
instructive
comitative fiestoineen
fiestoinensa

Further reading[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish fiesta.

Attested since the early 1950s, originally Parisian slang.

Noun[edit]

fiesta f (plural fiestas)

  1. (colloquial) fiesta, party

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

fiesta f

  1. (in Spanish-speaking countries) fiesta

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin fĕsta, from Latin fēsta, plural of fēstum. It is unclear why the initial f- stayed in this word instead of becoming the expected h-.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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
    Synonym: festividad

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Descendants[edit]

  • Basque: besta
  • Bikol Central: piyesta
  • Cebuano: pista
  • English: fiesta
  • Finnish: fiesta
  • Tagalog: pista
  • Ye'kwana: jieta

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