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festa

/ˈfɛstə/

festa noun: a public holiday or feast day in Italy, Portugal, etc.

Noun

festa (plural festas)

  1. A public holiday or feast day in Italy, Portugal, etc.

Proper noun capitalized: Festa

Festa (plural Festas)

  1. A surname from Italian.

Forms of festa

Noun
pluralfestas
Proper noun
pluralFestas

Origin of festa

Borrowed from Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, and Maltese festa. Doublet of fete, fiesta, feast, and fest.

Borrowed from Italian Festa.

Words that rhyme with festa

Questions about festa

What does festa mean?
Festa means a public holiday or feast day in Italy, Portugal, etc.
What part of speech is festa?
Festa can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce festa?
Festa is pronounced /ˈfɛstə/.
What is the plural of festa?
The plural of festa is festas.

Words near festa in the dictionary

  1. fessways
  2. fesswise
  3. fest
  4. fest-goer
  5. fest-goers
  6. festa
  7. festal
  8. festally
  9. festas
  10. festbier
  11. festbiers

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