different between holiday vs fiesta

English

Etymology

From Middle English halyday, holyday, halidei, hali?dei, from Old English h?li?dæ? (“holy day, Sabbath”), equivalent to holy +? day. Compare West Frisian hjeldei (“holiday”), Danish helligdag (“holiday”), Norwegian helligdag (“holiday”), Swedish helgdag (“holiday, feast”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h?l?de?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?l??de?/

Noun

holiday (plural holidays)

1. A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.

   Synonyms: feast day, holy day

2. A day declared free from work by the state or government.

   Synonyms: (UK) bank holiday, national holiday

3. (chiefly Britain, Australia) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.

   Synonyms: leave, time off, (US) vacation; see also Thesaurus:vacation
4. (chiefly Britain, Australia) A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).

   Synonym: (US) vacation

5. (finance) A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.

6. A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.

   Synonym: lacuna

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

holiday (third-person singular simple present holidays, present participle holidaying, simple past and past participle holidayed) (chiefly Britain)

1. To take a period of time away from work or study.
2. (Britain) To spend a period of time for travel.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• hyaloid, hyoidal

Middle English

Noun

holiday

1. Alternative form of halyday

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.