fiesta
Americannoun
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any festival or festive celebration.
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(in Spain and Latin America) a festive celebration of a religious holiday.
noun
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a religious festival or celebration, esp on a saint's day
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a holiday or carnival
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of fiesta
1835–45, < Spanish < Latin fēsta; see feast
Explanation
A fiesta is a celebration or a party. Your parents might plan a fiesta to celebrate your high school graduation. You can use the word fiesta for any party, but it usually refers to a large feast, festival, or very extravagant party. In Spanish, fiesta means "feast," and in many Spanish-speaking places, a fiesta celebrates a saint's day or other religious occasion. The word comes from the Latin festus, "festive, joyful, or merry."
Vocabulary lists containing fiesta
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Example Sentences
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Dick said he had bought the Fiesta for Fraser, then scrapped it afterwards.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
They were on the A3, just south of the Hindhead Tunnel, when the red Ford Fiesta they were travelling in left the carriageway at about 10:00 GMT on Thursday.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
Which makes what happened in Thursday night’s Fiesta Bowl something of a miracle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Bring on the new blood in the semifinals when Miami takes on Ole Miss in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 8 and Indiana faces Oregon in the Peach Bowl on Jan. 9.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026
“So, not to change the subject, but María Luisa is forming a band for the Fall Fiesta talent show, and I told her you might be interested.”
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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