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6-letter words (2 found)

FASTIE,FIESTA,

5-letter words (9 found)

FASTI,FATES,FEAST,FEATS,FEIST,FESTA,FETAS,FIATS,FIEST,

4-letter words (34 found)

AITS,ATES,EAST,EATS,EFTS,ETAS,FAST,FATE,FATS,FEAT,FEIS,FEST,FETA,FETS,FIAT,FIST,FITS,ITAS,SAFE,SAFT,SATE,SATI,SEAT,SEIF,SETA,SIFT,SITE,STIE,TAES,TAIS,TASE,TEAS,TEFS,TIES,

3-letter words (37 found)

AFT,AIS,AIT,ATE,ATS,EAS,EAT,EFS,EFT,EST,ETA,FAE,FAS,FAT,FES,FET,FIE,FIT,IFS,ITA,ITS,SAE,SAI,SAT,SEA,SEI,SET,SIF,SIT,TAE,TAI,TAS,TEA,TEF,TES,TIE,TIS,

2-letter words (18 found)

AE,AI,AS,AT,EA,EF,ES,ET,FA,FE,IF,IS,IT,SI,ST,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of fiesta

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/
  • (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

Derived terms

Translations

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

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
  • Syllabification(key): fies‧ta

Noun

fiesta

  1. fiesta

Declension

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

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]
  • Rhymes: -esta
  • Syllabification: fies‧ta

Noun

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

Hyponyms

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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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

  • fiaste

Source: wiktionary.org