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fiesta

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

noun

, plural fi·es·tas [fee-, es, -t, uh, z, fyes, -tahs].
  1. any festival or festive celebration.
  2. (in Spain and Latin America) a festive celebration of a religious holiday.


fiesta

/ ˈfjesta; fɪˈɛstə /

noun

  1. a religious festival or celebration, esp on a saint's day
  2. a holiday or carnival
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fiesta1

1835–45, Americanism; < Spanish < Latin fēsta; feast
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fiesta1

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

When purchased in the bright Fiesta Red color, this Samsung Chromebook simply looks like gear for a gamer.

He grew up in Ouro Preto and would be there for a few days over the fiesta of Nossa Senhora do Rosário.

The Fiesta and C-Max hybrid models, which were up 30 percent, pitched in as well.

The Ford Fiesta starts at $14,000, Toyota Corolla at $16,230, and the Honda Fit at $15,425.

If the fiesta is at your casa this year, delicious eats are crucial.

Just a week before the shooting, he rode in the Fiesta Bowl parade in a police tank.

Each of them was chuck full of that dubious sort of pride that has busted up more than one love-fiesta.

Of course there was a great fiesta, and the miracles performed in that week of rejoicing will never be forgotten.

The ramas were set up again outside while the Virgin was carried back to her shrine and then the real fiesta began.

The little village where the fiesta was to take place was but a short distance away.

Throughout the fiesta, workers dipped into the pulque casks.

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