# fiesta
## English
### 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: /fɪˈɛstə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /fiˈɛstə/
* Rhymes: -ɛstə

### Noun

fiesta (plural fiestas)
* (in Spanish-speaking countries) A religious festival.
* 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
### Verb

fiesta (third-person singular simple present fiestas, present participle fiestaing, simple past and past participle fiestaed)
* (intransitive) To take part in a festive celebration; to party.

### Anagrams

* afties, saftie, Tesfai

## Asturian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

fiesta f (plural fiestes)
* party
* festival

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fiesta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfie̯stɑ/, [ˈfie̞̯s̠tɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iestɑ
* Hyphenation: fies‧ta

### Noun

fiesta
* fiesta

#### Declension

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)
* (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)
* 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.
* 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!
* 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.
* (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

* ↑ “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)
* 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
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfjɛs.ta/
* Rhymes: -ɛsta
* Syllabification: fies‧ta

### Noun

fiesta f
* (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: /ˈfjesta/ [ˈfjes.t̪a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -esta
* Syllabification: fies‧ta

### Noun

fiesta f (plural fiestas)
* party
    Synonyms: pachanga, farra, (Mexico) reventón, (Honduras) charrango, juerga, parranda
* 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?
* feast day (of a saint)
* 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