noun
fiesta
fee-ES-tuh/fiˈestə/
A celebration or festival, especially in a Spanish-speaking culture.
Music and dancing fill the town square during the annual fiesta.
Etymology
Latin festus connects the word with joyful observance and feasting. English first used fiesta for a Spanish-American religious festival, before extending it to celebrations and parties more generally.
In context
at the end of a christian novenario and the celebration of a fiesta we will eat pork of course
More examples
- Our neighbors invite us to a fiesta in their backyard.
- The village holds a fiesta to honor its patron saint.
- Local bands perform at fiestas throughout the region.
Forms
fiesta · fiestas
Similar words
- festival
- A broader term without a specifically Spanish-speaking cultural connection.
- party
- Usually a social gathering rather than a community festival.
- celebration
- Emphasizes marking a happy occasion, without specifying cultural traditions.