# pesta
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pestis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈpɛs.tə], [ˈpes.tə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈpɛs.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpɛs.ta]

### Noun

pesta f (plural pestes)
* plague
* stink
* pest

#### Related terms

* pestífer
* pestilència
* pestilent

### Further reading

* “pesta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Estonian
### Verb

pesta
* Da-infinitive of pesema.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɛs.ta/

### Verb

pesta
* third-person singular past historic of pester

### Anagrams

* pâtes, pâtés, pesât, pétas, tapes, tapés

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay pesta, from Portuguese festa, from Old Galician-Portuguese festa, from Late Latin fēsta.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈpɛsta/ [ˈpɛs.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ɛsta
* Syllabification: pes‧ta

### Noun

pèsta (plural)
* party, a social gathering, a gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing

#### Derived terms

* berpesta
* berpesta-pesta
* memestakan
* pesta demokrasi

### Further reading

* “pesta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpe.sta/, /ˈpɛ.sta/
* Rhymes: -esta, -ɛsta
* Hyphenation: pé‧sta, pè‧sta

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from pestare (“to trample”) +‎ -a.

#### Noun

pesta f (plural peste)
* (usually in the plural) footprint
    Synonyms: orma, impronta, pedata, traccia
    essere sulle peste di qualcunobeing in the footsteps of someone
* (figurative, in the plural) mess, trouble
    Synonyms: guaio, pasticcio
    trovarsi nelle pestefind oneself in trouble

##### Derived terms

* pista

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

pesta
* inflection of pestare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

pesta
* feminine singular of pesto

### References

* ↑ peste in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* ↑ pesta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* paste, spate

## Ludian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pestäk.

### Verb

pesta
* wash

## Malay
### Etymology

From Portuguese festa.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -a
* Rhymes: -ta

### Noun

pesta (Jawi spelling ڤيستا, plural pesta-pesta, informal 1st possessive pestaku, 2nd possessive pestamu, 3rd possessive pestanya)
* party

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: pesta

### Further reading

* “pesta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* pesten

### Noun

pesta m or f
* definite feminine singular of pest

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* pesten

### Noun

pesta m or f
* definite feminine singular of pest

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpes.ta]

### Noun

pesta
* Alternative form of festa (“party, celebration”)

### References

* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pestäk.

### Verb

pesta
* to wash
* to clean

#### Inflection
### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “вымыть, выстирать, мыть, стирать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika