fiesta

English

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fiesta

Wikipedia

Traditional procession at a fiesta

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɪˈɛstə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

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

Noun

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:

     The police arrived swiftly, deciding it would be safer to keep watch over the fiesta rather than forcefully evict thousands of revellers.

Derived terms

• fiesta dress
• fiesta salad

Translations

religious festival in Spanish-speaking country

Chinese: Mandarin: 節日 / 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 Tagalog: piyesta

festive occasion

Chinese: Mandarin: 節日 / 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

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• afties, saftie, Tesfai

Asturian

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

fiesta

Wikipedia ^ast

Etymology

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

Noun

fiesta f (plural fiestes)

1. party
2. festival

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fiesta.

Pronunciation

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

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 fiestain rare
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 fiestaini rare 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 fiestaisi rare 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 fiestaimme rare 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 fiestainne rare 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 fiestainsa rare 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

• “fiesta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fiesta. Originally Parisian slang. Doublet of fête.

Noun

fiesta f (plural fiestas)

1. (colloquial) fiesta; party [early 1950s]

References

• définition de ☞ fiesta (avec Bob, dictionnaire d'argot)

Ladino

Alternative forms

• fyesta

Etymology

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-.

Noun

fiesta f (Hebrew spelling פ׳ייסטה)^[1]

1. party (gathering of guests for entertainment, fun and socializing)
   • 2001, Aki Yerushalayim‎, volume 22, page 45:

     Si keresh ver ermoza fiesta esta noche vos envito a una maraviyoza kazika.

     If you lot want to see a beautiful party tonight, I am sending you to a wonderful little house.

2. festival (event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals)
   • 1940, La boz de Türkiye‎, numbers 11–34, page 105:

     La fiesta de Soucoth que el Pentatioco (cinco livros de la ley) llama Hag Aasif, la fiesta de la recolta, es la mas importante y la mas alegre por un pueblo esencialmente agricultor segun era el pueblo de Israel.

     The festival of Sukkot that the Pentateuch calls Hag Aasif, the harvest festival, is the most important and the most joyful for an essentially agricultural people as were the people of Israel.

   • 1997, Salamon Bicerano, Relatos en lingua judeo-espanyola‎, Gözlem Gazetecilik Basın ve Yayın A.Ş., page 308:

     Roş Aşana es una fiesta de famiya!

     Rosh Hashana is a family festival!

3. holiday (day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed)
   • 2017 June 12, Amor Ayala, Los sefardíes de Bulgaria‎, De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 372:

     En noembri 1918, a la okazyon de la desizyon de las grandes potensyas por el kriamiento de un estado djudyo en Palestina, el Gran Rabinato de akordo kon el governo bulgaro dyo instruksyones a las komunidades por fiestar en el 29 noembri, primer dia de hanuka, lo mas solenelmente esta fiesta.

     In November 1918, on the occasion of a decision by the great powers for the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine, the Grand Rabinate, in agreement with the Bulgarian government, gave instructions to the communities to celebrate on November 29, the first day of Chanukkah, this holiday with much festivity.

4. (figurative) joy (happiness)

   Synonym: alegria

   • 2005, Aki Yerushalayim‎, volumes 26–28, page 4:

     Ma mizmo en estos momentos de fiesta i alegria, no podimos evitar de apuntar ke ainda semos enfrentados por graves peligros, entre otras en el kampo finansiario tambien, komo konsekuensa de las restriksiones de estos ultimos anyos en los budjetos de las institusiones kulturales en Israel i de la difikultad kada vez mas grande, de obtener el ayudo del kual tenemos menester.

     Yet even in these moments of joy and happiness, we could not avoid emphasizing that we remained confronted by grave dangers, among others in the financial camp as well, as a consequence of the restrictions of these last years in Israel's institutions' culturals budgets and from the worse difficulty every time of getting help for what we need.

Derived terms

• fiestar

References

1. “fiesta”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• festa

Etymology

Inherited 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-.

Noun

fiesta f (plural fiestas)

1. party (celebration)
   • 13th century, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, page 76va:

     euencjeron & deſtruxieron la ueſt & uinjeron loſ macabeuus con todo el pueblo al tenple de iherusalem e con grant alegria. efizieron grant fieſta.

     And they vanquished and destroyed the beast and the Maccabees along with all the people came to the Temple of Jerusalem and, with much joy, had a great party.

Descendants

• Ladino: fiesta, fyesta, פ׳ייסטה
• Spanish: fiesta

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “fiesta”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 259

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

fiesta

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fiesta f

1. (in Spanish-speaking countries) fiesta

Declension

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

Declension of fiesta

Further reading

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

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

fiesta

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjesta/ [ˈfjes.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -esta
• Syllabification: fies‧ta

Noun

fiesta f (plural fiestas)

1. party

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

2. feast
   • 1909, Casiodoro de Reina, Biblia Reina-Valera, Juan 7:11:

     Y buscábanle los Judíos en la fiesta, y decían: ¿Dónde está aquél?

     And the Jews were looking for him at the feast, and saying: Where is he?

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

   Synonym: festividad

Hyponyms

• fiesta de cumpleaños
• fiesta nacional

Derived terms

• aguafiestas
• aguar la fiesta
• cuando el gato no está los ratones están de fiesta
• día de fiesta (“holiday”) (Cuba)
• fiesta blanca
• fiesta de cóctel
• fiesta de salchichas
• Fiestas Agostinas
• Fiestas Julias
• fiestear
• fiestero
• fiestilla
• fiestita
• hacer fiesta
• no saber de qué va la fiesta
• sala de fiestas
• se acabó la fiesta
• tengamos la fiesta en paz

Related terms

• festejar
• festín
• festival
• festividad
• festivo

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “fiesta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• fiaste