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See also: Festa, fèsta, fësta, and fešta

English

Noun

festa (plural festas)

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

Anagrams

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fiesta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

festa inan

  1. feast, festival
    Synonyms: besta, jai
  2. party, partying
    Synonym: parranda

Declension

Declension of festa (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive festa festa festak
ergative festak festak festek
dative festari festari festei
genitive festaren festaren festen
comitative festarekin festarekin festekin
causative festarengatik festarengatik festengatik
benefactive festarentzat festarentzat festentzat
instrumental festaz festaz festez
inessive festatan festan festetan
locative festatako festako festetako
allative festatara festara festetara
terminative festataraino festaraino festetaraino
directive festatarantz festarantz festetarantz
destinative festatarako festarako festetarako
ablative festatatik festatik festetatik
partitive festarik — —
prolative festatzat — —

Derived terms

Further reading

  • "festa" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “festa” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum. Compare Occitan fèsta or hèsta.

Pronunciation

Noun

festa f (plural festes)

  1. celebration; party

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Adjective

festa (accusative singular festan, plural festaj, accusative plural festajn)

  1. festive

Fala

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese festa, from Late Latin fēsta.

Pronunciation

Noun

festa f (plural festas)

  1. party
  2. festivity, holiday
    Synonyms: festividai, fistiviai, fistividai

Related terms

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse festa.

Pronunciation

Verb

festa (third person singular past indicative festi, third person plural past indicative fest, supine fest)

  1. to fasten, to make fast

Usage notes

  • festa fót (“make a settlement”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of festa (group v-9st)
infinitive festa
supine fest
participle (a5)1 festandi festur
present past
first singular festi festi
second singular festir festi
third singular festir festi
plural festa festu
imperative
singular fest!
plural festið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Galician

San Sebastian's festa, Aldán, Galicia

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese festa, from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.

Pronunciation

Noun

festa f (plural festas)

  1. festival
    Synonyms: feira, festival
  2. party
    Synonym: esmorga
  3. holiday; festivity
    Synonyms: día de festa, día festivo, día santo

References

  • “festa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “festa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “festa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “festa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “festa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse festa.

Pronunciation

Verb

festa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative festi, supine fest)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to fasten
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to determine, fix, settle

Conjugation

festa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að festa
supine
(sagnbót) 		fest
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		festandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég festi við festum present
(nútíð) 		ég festi við festum
þú festir þið festið þú festir þið festið
hann, hún, það festir þeir, þær, þau festa hann, hún, það festi þeir, þær, þau festi
past
(þátíð) 		ég festi við festum past
(þátíð) 		ég festi við festum
þú festir þið festuð þú festir þið festuð
hann, hún, það festi þeir, þær, þau festu hann, hún, það festi þeir, þær, þau festu
imperative
(boðháttur) 		fest (þú) festið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
festu festiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
festast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að festast
supine
(sagnbót) 		fest
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		festandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég festist við festumst present
(nútíð) 		ég festist við festumst
þú festist þið festist þú festist þið festist
hann, hún, það festist þeir, þær, þau festast hann, hún, það festist þeir, þær, þau festist
past
(þátíð) 		ég festist við festumst past
(þátíð) 		ég festist við festumst
þú festist þið festust þú festist þið festust
hann, hún, það festist þeir, þær, þau festust hann, hún, það festist þeir, þær, þau festust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		fest (þú) festist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
festu festisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
festur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		festur fest fest festir festar fest
accusative
(þolfall) 		festan festa fest festa festar fest
dative
(þágufall) 		festum festri festu festum festum festum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		fests festrar fests festra festra festra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		festi festa festa festu festu festu
accusative
(þolfall) 		festa festu festa festu festu festu
dative
(þágufall) 		festa festu festa festu festu festu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		festa festu festa festu festu festu

Derived terms

Noun

festa f (genitive singular festu, no plural)

  1. resoluteness, steadfastness

Declension

declension of festa
f-w1 singular
indefinite definite
nominative festa festan
accusative festu festuna
dative festu festunni
genitive festu festunnar

Synonyms

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstus (“festive”).

Pronunciation

Noun

festa f (plural feste)

  1. feast
  2. holiday (civil)
  3. (in the plural) holidays (British), vacation (US)
  4. fair (often in combination)

Descendants

  • → Japanese: フェスタ
  • → Maltese: festa (or from Sicilian)

Anagrams

Italiot Greek

Etymology

From Latin festa (“party, feast”).

Noun

festa f

  1. party, feast

Ladin

Etymology

From Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.

Noun

festa f (plural festes)

  1. (official) holiday

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From the plural of fēstum. See main entry there for more.

Noun

fēsta f (genitive fēstae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) party, feast
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fēsta fēstae
Genitive fēstae fēstārum
Dative fēstae fēstīs
Accusative fēstam fēstās
Ablative fēstā fēstīs
Vocative fēsta fēstae
Descendants

See descendants under fēstum.

Etymology 2

Noun

fēsta

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of fēstum

Adjective

fēsta

  1. inflection of fēstus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

fēstā

  1. ablative feminine singular of fēstus

Ligurian

Noun

festa f (please provide plural)

  1. party (a celebration)
    Émmo fæto 'na festa de Dênâ.
    We had a Christmas party.

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese festa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛʃtɐ/, /ˈfɛstɐ/

Noun

festa

  1. party, fete, gala
    Synonym: fonçám
    festa di quebrâ testa ― big party; solemn commemoration (literally, “party of break forehead”)
    festa di fichâ ano ― birthday party
  2. celebration
  3. festival
    Quelê-tánto náchi-náchi na festa
    There were many Chinese people at the festival
  4. (religion) feast
    missa festa ― high mass (literally, “mass feast”)

Related terms

References

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian festa and/or Italian festa.

Pronunciation

Noun

festa f (plural festi, diminutive festin)

  1. festivity, feast
    Synonym: festività
  2. feast, celebration, party
  3. name day
  4. holiday, vacation

Related terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

festa

  1. inflection of feste:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse festa, from Proto-Germanic *fastijaną. Factitive of fast (“(stead)fast”).

Alternative forms

  • feste (e- and split infinitives)

Verb

festa (present tense festar or fester, past tense festa or feste, past participle festa or fest, present participle festande, imperative fest)

  1. to fasten, to make fast
Related terms

Etymology 2

From fest +‎ -a, the first part being derived from Latin festum.

Alternative forms

  • feste (e- and split infinitives)

Verb

festa (present tense festar, past tense festa, past participle festa, passive infinitive festast, present participle festande, imperative festa/fest)

  1. to party

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Noun

festa

  1. definite singular of fest f
  2. definite plural of feste n

References

Anagrams

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From earlier fecht (“occasion”) +‎ -sa (“this”).

Adverb

festa

  1. now, forthwith
  2. henceforth
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

·festa

  1. second-person singular past subjunctive/conditional prototonic of ro·finnadar

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·festa ·ḟesta ·festa
pronounced with /-v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fastijaną.

Verb

festa (past participle festr)

  1. to fasten
Conjugation
Conjugation of festa — active (weak class 1)
infinitive festa
present participle festandi
past participle festr
indicative present past
1st-person singular festi festa
2nd-person singular festir festir
3rd-person singular festir festi
1st-person plural festum festum
2nd-person plural festið festuð
3rd-person plural festa festu
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular festa festa
2nd-person singular festir festir
3rd-person singular festi festi
1st-person plural festim festim
2nd-person plural festið festið
3rd-person plural festi festi
imperative present
2nd-person singular fest, festi
1st-person plural festum
2nd-person plural festið
Conjugation of festa — mediopassive (weak class 1)
infinitive festask
present participle festandisk
past participle festzk
indicative present past
1st-person singular festumk festumk
2nd-person singular festisk festisk
3rd-person singular festisk festisk
1st-person plural festumsk festumsk
2nd-person plural festizk festuzk
3rd-person plural festask festusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular festumk festumk
2nd-person singular festisk festisk
3rd-person singular festisk festisk
1st-person plural festimsk festimsk
2nd-person plural festizk festizk
3rd-person plural festisk festisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular festsk, festisk
1st-person plural festumsk
2nd-person plural festizk
Descendants

Etymology 2

Related to Etymology 1 above ("fasten").

Noun

festa f (genitive festu)

  1. bail, pledge
Declension
  Declension of festa (weak ōn-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative festa festan festur festurnar
accusative festu festuna festur festurnar
dative festu festunni festum festunum
genitive festu festunnar festna festnanna

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

festa

  1. inflection of festr:
    1. strong feminine accusative singular
    2. strong masculine accusative plural
    3. weak masculine oblique singular
    4. weak feminine nominative singular
    5. weak neuter singular

Noun

festa

  1. genitive plural indefinite of festr

References

  • “festa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese festa, from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛstɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɛʃtɐ
  • Hyphenation: fes‧ta

Noun

festa f (plural festas)

  1. party
    Vamos começar a festa. ― Let's get the party started.
    A festa acabou. ― The party's over.
  2. celebration
  3. festival
  4. (religion) feast
  5. caress
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

festa

  1. inflection of festar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romagnol

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin festa (“feast”).

Pronunciation

  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key):

Noun

festa f (plural fest) (Faenza)

  1. feast, festival

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfesta/
  • Rhymes: -esta
  • Syllabification: fes‧ta

Noun

festa f (plural festas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of fiesta

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From fest +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

Homophone: fästa

Verb

festa (present festar, preterite festade, supine festat, imperative festa)

  1. to party (to celebrate at a party)
    Synonyms: partaja, kalasa

Conjugation

Conjugation of festa (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive festa festas
Supine festat festats
Imperative festa —
Imper. plural1 festen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative festar festade festas festades
Ind. plural1 festa festade festas festades
Subjunctive2 feste festade festes festades
Participles
Present participle festande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

Anagrams

Ternate

Etymology

From Portuguese festa, from Latin fēstum.

Pronunciation

Noun

festa (Jawi فست)

  1. a party, celebration, feast day
    festa sara toca ― the candle lighting celebration

Alternative forms

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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