different between fiesta vs pollera

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

Etymology

American Spanish pollera (“baby walker; chicken coop”) from pollo (“chicken”), from Latin pullus, pull?, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).

Noun

pollera (plural polleras)

1. A Latin American fiesta costume usually heavily embroidered and very full in the skirt.

Spanish

Etymology

Feminine of pollero, from Latin pull?ri?, pull?ria from pullus, pull?, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pollera f (plural polleras)

1. pollera
2. (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay) skirt, overskirt, kilt

   Synonym: falda

3. baby walker, a walking frame used to help teach children to walk without falling
4. chicken coop
5. chicken farmer
6. chicken seller

Derived terms

• pollera tubo
• pollera colorá

Further reading

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