Noun: fiesta
Gender: f
Sample Sentences
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euencjeron & deſtruxieron la ueſt & uinjeron loſ macabeuus con todo el pueblo al tenple de iherusalem e con grant alegria. efizieron grant fieſta. (And they vanquished and destroyed the beast and the Maccabees along with all the people came to the Temple of Jerusalem and, with much joy, had a great party.) [13th century, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, page 76va:]
Nouns inflected like fiesta
semana,
sennal,
sangre,
sangne,
siesta,
siella,
çanahoria,
companna,
yantar,
pergamino,
fazienda,
jargonça,
obscuridat,
deuinança,
persona,
culuebra,
grossura,
alcarchofa,
mercadura,
berguença, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited 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-. See: Latin Nouns '
fēsta'.
Verbs referencing "fiesta"
Spanish Nouns
fiesta.
Translations