Borrowed from Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of festum (“feast”). Doublet of feast, fest, and fete.
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fiesta (plural fiestas)
fiesta (third-person singular simple present fiestas, present participle fiestaing, simple past and past participle fiestaed)
From Late Latin fēsta, from Latin fēsta, plural of fēstum.
fiesta f (plural fiestes)
fiesta
Inflection of fiesta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | fiesta | fiestat | ||
genitive | fiestan | fiestojen | ||
partitive | fiestaa | fiestoja | ||
illative | fiestaan | fiestoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | fiesta | fiestat | ||
accusative | nom. | fiesta | fiestat | |
gen. | fiestan | |||
genitive | fiestan | fiestojen fiestainrare | ||
partitive | fiestaa | fiestoja | ||
inessive | fiestassa | fiestoissa | ||
elative | fiestasta | fiestoista | ||
illative | fiestaan | fiestoihin | ||
adessive | fiestalla | fiestoilla | ||
ablative | fiestalta | fiestoilta | ||
allative | fiestalle | fiestoille | ||
essive | fiestana | fiestoina | ||
translative | fiestaksi | fiestoiksi | ||
abessive | fiestatta | fiestoitta | ||
instructive | — | fiestoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Attested since the early 1950s, originally Parisian slang.
fiesta f (plural fiestas)
Borrowed from Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of festum (“feast”).
fiesta f
Inherited from Old Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin fĕsta, from Latin fēsta, plural of fēstum. It is unclear why the initial f- stayed in this word instead of becoming the expected h-.
fiesta f (plural fiestas)