fiesta

[ fee-es-tuh; Spanish fyes-tah ]

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noun,plural fi·es·tas

[fee-es-tuhz; Spanish fyes-tahs]. /fiˈɛs təz; Spanish ˈfyɛs tɑs/.

any festival or festive celebration.
(in Spain and Latin America) a festive celebration of a religious holiday.

Origin of fiesta

1835–45, Americanism;<Spanish <Latin fēsta;see feast

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How to use fiesta in a sentence

When purchased in the bright fiesta Red color, this Samsung Chromebook simply looks like gear for a gamer.
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He grew up in Ouro Preto and would be there for a few days over the fiesta of Nossa Senhora do Rosário.
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The fiesta and C-Max hybrid models, which were up 30 percent, pitched in as well.
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The Ford fiesta starts at $14,000, Toyota Corolla at $16,230, and the Honda Fit at $15,425.
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If the fiesta is at your casa this year, delicious eats are crucial.
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Just a week before the shooting, he rode in the fiesta Bowl parade in a police tank.
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Each of them was chuck full of that dubious sort of pride that has busted up more than one love-fiesta.
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Of course there was a great fiesta, and the miracles performed in that week of rejoicing will never be forgotten.
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The ramas were set up again outside while the Virgin was carried back to her shrine and then the real fiesta began.
The Four Corners Abroad | Amy Ella Blanchard
The little village where the fiesta was to take place was but a short distance away.
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Throughout the fiesta, workers dipped into the pulque casks.
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British Dictionary definitions for fiesta

fiesta

/ (fɪˈɛstə, Spanish ˈfjesta) /

noun

a religious festival or celebration, esp on a saint's day
a holiday or carnival

Origin of fiesta

Spanish, from Latin festa, plural of festum festival; see feast

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