fiesta
any festival or festive celebration.
(in Spain and Latin America) a festive celebration of a religious holiday.
Origin of fiesta
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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 KempThe California Indian is crude and not very picturesque, compared with other Indians, but the fiestas are fascinating.
The Heritage of the Hills | Arthur P. HankinsThe divers dates of the fiestas obliged the swordsman to take absurd journeys.
The Blood of the Arena | Vicente Blasco IbezFor some four hundred years fiestas livened these feudal outposts that existed across the nation.
The Haciendas of Mexico | Paul Alexander BartlettSixteenth-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
/ (fɪˈɛstə, Spanish ˈfjesta) /
a religious festival or celebration, esp on a saint's day
a holiday or carnival
Origin of fiesta
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