different between fiesta vs holyday

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of festum (“feast”). Doublet of feast and fete.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f???st?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fi??st?/
• Rhymes: -?st?

Noun

fiesta (plural fiestas)

1. (In Spanish speaking countries) A religious festival.
2. A festive occasion.

Synonyms

• (festive occasion): celebration, party

Translations

Anagrams

• afties, saftie

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin f?sta, from Latin f?sta, plural of f?stum.

Noun

fiesta f (plural fiestes)

1. party
2. festival

Finnish

Noun

fiesta

1. fiesta

Declension

Polish

Etymology

From Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of festum (“feast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??.sta/

Noun

fiesta f

1. (in Spanish speaking countries) fiesta

Declension

Further reading

• fiesta in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• fiesta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish fiesta, from Late Latin f?sta, from Latin f?sta, plural of f?stum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fjesta/, [?fjes.t?a]

Noun

fiesta f (plural fiestas)

1. party

   Synonyms: pachanga, farra, (Mexico) reventón, (Honduras) charrango, juerga, parranda

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

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Basque: besta
• ? Cebuano: pista
• ? English: fiesta
• ? Finnish: fiesta

Related terms

• festejar
• festín
• festivo
• festival
• festividad

Further reading

• “fiesta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Noun

holyday (plural holydays)

1. Obsolete form of holiday.

Middle English

Noun

holyday

1. Alternative form of halyday