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, 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^[1]:

     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

Etymology

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

Noun

fiesta f (plural fiestes)

1. party
2. festival

Finnish

Etymology

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]‎^[2] (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.

Attested since the early 1950s, originally Parisian slang.

Noun

fiesta f (plural fiestas)

1. (colloquial) fiesta, party

References

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

Polish

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

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

Spanish

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
• 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