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/.
  1. any festival or festive celebration.

  2. (in Spain and Latin America) a festive celebration of a religious holiday.

Origin of fiesta

1
1835–45, Americanism;<Spanish <Latin fēsta;see feast

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How to use fiesta in a sentence

  • I was invited on condition that I would not let the student-body know of these sub rosa fiestas.

    Tramping on Life | Harry Kemp
  • The California Indian is crude and not very picturesque, compared with other Indians, but the fiestas are fascinating.

    The Heritage of the Hills | Arthur P. Hankins
  • The divers dates of the fiestas obliged the swordsman to take absurd journeys.

    The Blood of the Arena | Vicente Blasco Ibez
  • For some four hundred years fiestas livened these feudal outposts that existed across the nation.

    The Haciendas of Mexico | Paul Alexander Bartlett
  • Sixteenth-century fiestas were announced by drums and the chirima—a shrill flute from Aztec-Toltec-Mayan days.

    The Haciendas of Mexico | Paul Alexander Bartlett

British Dictionary definitions for fiesta

fiesta

/ (fɪˈɛstə, Spanish ˈfjesta) /


noun
  1. a religious festival or celebration, esp on a saint's day

  2. a holiday or carnival

Origin of fiesta

1
Spanish, from Latin festa, plural of festum festival; see feast

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