# festa
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, and Maltese festa. Doublet of fete, fiesta, feast, and fest.

### Noun

festa (plural festas)
* A public holiday or feast day in Italy, Portugal, etc.

### Anagrams

* fetas, TAFEs, Feast, feats, Fates, feast, fates, atefs

## Basque
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fiesta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fes̺ta/ [fes̺.t̪a]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -es̺ta, -a
* Hyphenation: fes‧ta

### Noun

festa inan
* feast, festival
    Synonyms: besta, jai
* party, partying
    Synonym: parranda

#### Derived terms

* festa egin
* festa-egun (“holiday”)
* festaburu
* festazale (“partygoer”)

### Further reading

* “festa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “festa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum. Compare Occitan fèsta or hèsta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈfes.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈfes.ta]
* Rhymes: -esta

### Noun

festa f (plural festes)
* celebration; party

#### Derived terms

* festaire
* festejar
* fester
* festívol
* festós

#### Related terms

* festí
* festiu
* festival
* festivar
* festivitat

### Further reading

* “festa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “festa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “festa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “festa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfesta]
* Rhymes: -esta
* Hyphenation: fes‧ta

### Adjective

festa (accusative singular festan, plural festaj, accusative plural festajn)
* festive

## Fala
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese festa, from Late Latin fēsta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfesta/
* Rhymes: -esta
* Syllabification: fes‧ta

### Noun

festa f (plural festas)
* party
* festivity, holiday
    Synonyms: festividai, fistiviai, fistividai

#### Related terms

* festival (“festival”)
* festividai (“festivity”)
* festivu (“festive”)
* fistival (“festival”)
* fistiviai (“festivity”)
* fistividai (“festivity”)
* fistivu (“festive”)

### References

* Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse festa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɛsta]

### Verb

festa (third person singular past indicative festi, third person plural past indicative fest, supine fest)
* to fasten, to make fast

#### Usage notes

* festa fót (“make a settlement”)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

## Franco-Provençal
### Noun

festa (Old Beaujolais, Old Dauphinois)
* Alternative form of féta (“party, celebration”)

### References

* festa in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fĕsta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 482

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese festa, from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɛs̺tɐ]

### Noun

festa f (plural festas)
* festival
    Synonyms: feira, festival
* party
    Synonym: esmorga
* holiday; festivity
    Synonyms: día de festa, día festivo, día santo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “festa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “festa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “festa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “festa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “festa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɛsta/
* Rhymes: -ɛsta

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse festa.

#### Verb

festa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative festi, supine fest)
* to fasten [with accusative]
* to determine, fix, settle [with accusative]

##### Derived terms

* festing

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

festa f (genitive singular festu, no plural)
* resoluteness, steadfastness
    Synonyms: staðfesta, stöðugleiki

##### Declension
## Italian
### Etymology

From Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstus (“festive”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɛ.sta/
* Audio (IT):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛsta
* Hyphenation: fè‧sta

### Noun

festa f (plural feste)
* feast
* holiday (civil)
* (in the plural) holidays (British), vacation (US)
* fair (often in combination)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: フェスタ
* → Maltese: festa (or from Sicilian)

### Anagrams

* sfate

## Italiot Greek
### Etymology

From Latin festa (“party, feast”).

### Noun

festa f
* party, feast

## Ladin
### Etymology

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

### Noun

festa f (plural festes)
* (official) holiday

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* fēsta: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈfeːs.ta/, [ˈfeːs̠t̪ä]
* fēsta: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈfes.ta/, [ˈfɛst̪ä]
* fēstā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈfeːs.taː/, [ˈfeːs̠t̪äː]
* fēstā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈfes.ta/, [ˈfɛst̪ä]

### Etymology 1

From the plural of fēstum. See main entry there for more.

#### Noun

fēsta f (genitive fēstae); first declension
* (Medieval Latin) party, feast

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

##### Descendants

See descendants under fēstum.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

fēsta
* nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of fēstum

#### Adjective

fēsta
* inflection of fēstus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

#### Adjective

fēstā
* ablative feminine singular of fēstus

## Ligurian
### Noun

festa f (please provide plural)
* party (a celebration)
    Émmo fæto 'na festa de Dênâ.
       We had a Christmas party.

## Macanese
### Etymology

From Portuguese festa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɛʃtɐ/, /ˈfɛstɐ/

### Noun

festa
* party, fete, gala
    Synonym: fonçám
    festa di quebrâ testa ― big party; solemn commemoration (literally, “party of break forehead”)
    festa di fichâ ano ― birthday party
* celebration
* festival
    Quelê-tánto náchi-náchi na festaThere were many Chinese people at the festival
* (religion) feast
    missa festa ― high mass (literally, “mass feast”)

#### Related terms

* bô-festa

### References

* https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian festa and/or Italian festa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɛːs.ta/

### Noun

festa f (plural festi, diminutive festin)
* festivity, feast
    Synonym: festività
* feast, celebration, party
* name day
* holiday, vacation

#### Related terms

* festiv
* festività
* ffesteġġja

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* festet

### Verb

festa
* inflection of feste:
** simple past
** past participle

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse festa, from Proto-Germanic *fastijaną. Factitive of fast (“(stead)fast”).
(rent farming land): Calque of Danish fæste.

#### Alternative forms

* feste (e- and split infinitives)

#### Verb

festa (present tense festar or fester, past tense festa or feste, past participle festa or fest, present participle festande, imperative fest)
* to fasten, to make fast
* to rent a farming land, to copyhold
    Synonym: bygsla

##### Related terms

* fast
* fest f
* feste n

### Etymology 2

From fest +‎ -a, the first part being derived from Latin festum.

#### Alternative forms

* feste (e- and split infinitives)

#### Verb

festa (present tense festar, past tense festa, past participle festa, passive infinitive festast, present participle festande, imperative festa/fest)
* to party

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* festi (non-standard since 2012)

#### Noun

festa
* definite singular of fest f
* definite plural of feste n

### References

* “festa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* faste

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɸʲesta]

### Etymology 1

From earlier fecht (“occasion”) +‎ -sa (“this”).

#### Adverb

festa
* now, forthwith
* henceforth

##### Derived terms

* feasta

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

·festa
* second-person singular past subjunctive/conditional prototonic of ro·finnadar

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Old Norse
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fastijaną.

#### Verb

festa (past participle festr)
* to fasten

##### Descendants

* Icelandic: festa
* Faroese: festa
* Norwegian Nynorsk: festa (“to fasten”)
* Swedish: fästa
* Danish: fæste
** Norwegian Bokmål: feste (“to fasten, to copyhold”)
** → Norwegian Nynorsk: festa (“to copyhold”)

### Etymology 2

Related to Etymology 1 above ("fasten").

#### Noun

festa f (genitive festu)
* bail, pledge

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Participle

festa
* inflection of festr:
** strong feminine accusative singular
** strong masculine accusative plural
** weak masculine oblique singular
** weak feminine nominative singular
** weak neuter singular

#### Noun

festa
* genitive plural indefinite of festr

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “festa”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

### Anagrams

* efast, stefa

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese festa, from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɛs.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɛs.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈfɛʃ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɛs.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfɛʃ.tɐ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛstɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɛʃtɐ
* Hyphenation: fes‧ta

#### Noun

festa f (plural festas)
* party
    Vamos começar a festa. ― Let's get the party started.
    A festa acabou. ― The party's over.
* celebration
* festival
* (religion) feast
* caress

##### Derived terms

* arroz de festa

##### Descendants

* Kabuverdianu: festa
* Macanese: festa
* → Konkani: फेस्त (phesta)
* → Malay: pesta
** Indonesian: pesta
* → Sranan Tongo: fesa
** → Dutch: fissa

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

festa
* inflection of festar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romagnol
### Alternative forms

* fësta

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin festa (“feast”).

### Pronunciation

   * (Central Romagnol): IPA: [ˈfɛːstɐ]

### Noun

festa f (plural fest) (Faenza)
* feast, festival

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfesta/ [ˈfes.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -esta
* Syllabification: fes‧ta

### Noun

festa f (plural festas)
* Obsolete spelling of fiesta.

### Further reading

* “festa”, 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

## Swedish
### Etymology

From fest +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

Homophone: fästa

### Verb

festa (present festar, preterite festade, supine festat, imperative festa)
* to party (to celebrate at a party)
    Synonyms: partaja, kalasa

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### References

* festa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* festa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* faste

## Ternate
### Etymology

From Portuguese festa, from Latin fēstum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfes.ta]

### Noun

festa (Jawi فست)
* a party, celebration, feast day
    festa sara toca ― the candle lighting celebration

#### Alternative forms

* pesta

### References

* Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh