fiesta
Meaning
- (feminine) party
- (feminine) feast
- (feminine) feast day (of a saint)
- (feminine) holiday
Frequency
Hyphenated as
fies‧ta
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfjesta/
Etymology
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-.
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