Feminine
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fiesta

Meaning

  1. (feminine) party
  2. (feminine) feast
  3. (feminine) feast day (of a saint)
  4. (feminine) holiday

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
fies‧ta
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfjesta/
Etymology

In summary

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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