fiesta
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//fɪˈestə//
- United States//fiˈɛstə//
A religious festival.
noun
- 1
A religious festival.
- 2
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.
The police arrived swiftly, deciding it would be safer to keep watch over the fiesta rather than forcefully evict thousands of revellers.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of festum (“feast”). Doublet of feast, fest, and fete.
verb
- 1
To take part in a festive celebration; to party.
We're going to party, karamu, fiesta, forever
Forms
- plural
- fiestas
- past tense
- fiestaed
- past participle
- fiestaed
- present participle
- fiestaing
- third person singular
- fiestas