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fi·es·ta
(fē-ĕs′tə)n.
1. A festival or religious holiday, especially a saint's day celebrated in Spanish-speaking countries.
2. A celebration or party.
[Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *festa, alteration of *fēsta; see feast.]
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fiesta
(fɪˈɛstə; Spanish ˈfjesta)n
1. a religious festival or celebration, esp on a saint's day
2. a holiday or carnival
[Spanish, from Latin festa, plural of festum festival; see feast]
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fi•es•ta
(fiˈɛs tə)n.
1. any festival or festive celebration.
2. (in Spain and Latin America) a festive celebration of a religious holiday.
[1835–45, Amer.; < Sp < Latin fēsta; see feast]
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fiesta
A Spanish word meaning feast, used to mean a religious festival or any kind of celebration.
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| Noun | 1. |  fiesta - an elaborate party (often outdoors)party - an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment; "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day" luau - an elaborate Hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment) potlatch - a ceremonial feast held by some Indians of the northwestern coast of North America (as in celebrating a marriage or a new accession) in which the host gives gifts to tribesmen and others to display his superior wealth (sometimes, formerly, to his own impoverishment) |
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fiesta
noun carnival, party, holiday, fair, fête, festival, celebration, feast, revel, jubilee, festivity, jamboree, Mardi Gras, revelry, mela, Saturnalia, saint's day, merrymaking, carousal, bacchanal or bacchanalia, gala It was spectacular - a fiesta of music and dance.
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Translations
عيدمَهْرَجان ديني، إحْتِفال
slavnostsvátek
festdagfiestahelligdag
templombúcsú
hátíî; frískemmtun, hátíîahald
fiesta
svētki
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fiesta
n → Fiesta f
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fiesta
[fɪˈɛstə] n → fiesta f invCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fiesta
(fiˈestə) noun1. a (religious) holiday, especially in Roman Catholic countries.
2. a festival or celebration.
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