English

Noun

festa ‎(plural festas)

1. A public holiday or feast day in Italy, Portugal, etc.

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin festa < Latin festum.

Noun

festa f ‎(plural festes)

1. celebration; party

Derived terms

• festí
• festiu

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfesta/
• Hyphenation: fes‧ta

Adjective

festa ‎(accusative singular festan, plural festaj, accusative plural festajn)

1. festive

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛsta]

Verb

festa ‎(third person singular past indicative festi, third person plural past indicative fest, supine fest)

1. to fasten, to make fast

Conjugation

Usage notes

• festa fót - make a settlement

Galician

Noun

festa f ‎(plural festas)

1. party (social gathering)
2. holiday (day free of work)

Synonyms

• (day free of work): día de festa, día festivo

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fēsta, feminine form of fēstus ‎(“festive”), ultimatey from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁s-, zero-grade form of s-stem nouns derived from *dʰeh₁- ‎(“to do, put, place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛsta/, [ˈfɛs̪.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: fè‧sta

Noun

festa f ‎(plural feste)

1. feast
2. holiday (civil)
3. (in the plural) holidays (British), vacation (US)
4. fair (often in combination)

Anagrams

• sfate

Ladin

Etymology

From Late Latin festa, from Latin festa, plural of festum.

Noun

festa f ‎(plural festes)

1. (official) holiday

Latin

Adjective

fēsta

1. nominative feminine singular of fēstus
2. nominative neuter plural of fēstus
3. accusative neuter plural of fēstus
4. vocative feminine singular of fēstus
5. nominative neuter plural of fēstus

fēstā

1. ablative feminine singular of fēstus

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• festet

Verb

festa

1. simple past of feste
2. past participle of feste

Old Irish

Verb

·festa

1. second-person singular past subjunctive prototonic of ro·finnadar
2. second-person singular conditional prototonic of ro·finnadar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese festa, from Vulgar Latin festa < Latin festum.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛʃ.tɐ/
• Hyphenation: fes‧ta

Noun

festa f (plural festas)

1. party

   Vamos começar a festa.‎

   Let's get the party started.

   A festa acabou.‎

   The party's over.

2. celebration
3. festival
4. (religion) feast

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: festa

Swedish

Etymology

fest +‎ -a

Verb

festa ‎(present festar, preterite festade, supine festat, imperative festa)

1. to party (to celebrate at a party)

Conjugation