different between siesta vs fiesta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish siesta.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

siesta (plural siestas)

1. A nap, especially an afternoon one taken after lunch in some cultures.
   • 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan

     One humid afternoon a visitor did arrive to disturb Rottcodd as he lay deeply hammocked, for his siesta was broken sharply by a rattling of the door handle […]

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:shut-eye

Translations

Verb

siesta (third-person singular simple present siestas, present participle siestaing, simple past and past participle siestaed)

1. (intransitive) to take a siesta; to nap.

Synonyms

• siest

Anagrams

• Tassie, staies, tassie

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish siesta.

Noun

siesta

1. siesta

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish siesta.

Noun

siesta f (invariable)

1. siesta, nap

Anagrams

• asseti, esista, estasi, issate

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish siesta.

Noun

siesta f (plural siestas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) nap

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) durmida
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) cupid
• (Sursilvan) tut
• (Sutsilvan) sien
• (Surmiran) cupidada, durmeidetta, cuc
• (Puter, Vallader) sönin
• (Vallader) sönet

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sexta (hora) (“sixth hour, noon”), feminine of sextus (“sixth”). Cognate with Portuguese sesta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sjesta/, [?sjes.t?a]

Noun

siesta f (plural siestas)

1. siesta, nap

   Antonym: duermevela

Derived terms

• siestecita
• tomar una siesta

Related terms

• sexto

Descendants

• ? Armenian: ?????? (siesta)
• ? English: siesta
• ? Finnish: siesta
• ? French: sieste
• ? German: Siesta
• ? Greek: ?????? (siésta)
• ? Hungarian: szieszta
• ? Italian: siesta
• ? Japanese: ???? (shiesuta)
• ? Norwegian: siesta
• ? Romansch: siesta
• ? Russian: ??????? (sijésta)
• ? Swedish: siesta

Further reading

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

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.