fiesta
/fɪˈestə/US/fiˈɛstə/
fiesta noun: a religious festival.
Noun
fiesta (plural fiestas)
- A religious festival.
- A festive occasion.
- Runners being chased by bulls during the San Fermin bull-running festival in Pamplona: But long working hours mean it's not all fiestas in Spain.2011 March 28, Giles Tremlett, “At-a-glance guide to Spain”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2023
- The police arrived swiftly, deciding it would be safer to keep watch over the fiesta rather than forcefully evict thousands of revellers.2023 January 4, Ashifa Kassam, “Six-day illegal rave sees 5,000 people descend on Spanish village”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2024
- Synonyms:
- celebration, party
Verb
fiesta (third-person singular simple present fiestas, present participle fiestaing, simple past and past participle fiestaed)
- To take part in a festive celebration; to party.
- We're going to party, karamu, fiesta, forever1983, Lionel Richie, “All Night Long”, in Can't Slow Down
fiesta meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
fiesta in Hindi
- fiesta, regalement
- उत्सव utsav
fiesta in Tamil
- சமய விழா, பண்டிகை நாள், விழா
fiesta in Urdu
- جشن, میلا
fiesta in Malayalam
- festival, carnival, holiday
- ഉത്സവം, ആഘോഷം, പെരുന്നാൾ, സന്തോഷാവസരം, വിശേഷദിവസം, മേള
More languagesFewer languages
- fiesta in Tagalog
- piyesta
Synonyms of fiesta
Forms of fiesta
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fiestas |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | fiestas |
| present participle | fiestaing |
| past participle | fiestaed |
| past | fiestaed |
Origin of fiesta
Borrowed from Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of festum (“feast”). Doublet of feast, fest, and fete.
Words formed from fiesta
Phrases with fiesta
Words that rhyme with fiesta
Questions about fiesta
- What does fiesta mean?
- Fiesta means a religious festival.
- What is fiesta in Hindi?
- Fiesta in Hindi is उत्सव (utsav). See Fiesta meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fiesta?
- Fiesta can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce fiesta?
- Fiesta is pronounced /fɪˈestə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fiesta?
- The plural of fiesta is fiestas.
Words near fiesta in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fiesta (page history and authors); उत्सव (Hindi) (page history and authors); fiesta (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fiesta (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fiesta (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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