festa

See also: Festa, fèsta, fësta, and fešta

English edit

Noun edit

festa (plural festas)

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

Anagrams edit

Fates, TAFEs, fates, feast, feats, fetas

Basque edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish fiesta.

Pronunciation edit

Audio (file)

IPA^(key): /fes̺ta/, [fe̞s̺.t̪a]

Noun edit

festa inan

feast, festival
Synonyms: besta, jai
party, partying
Synonym: parranda

Declension edit

Declension of festa (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	festa	festa	festak
ergative	festak	festak	festek
dative	festari	festari	festei
genitive	festaren	festaren	festen
comitative	festarekin	festarekin	festekin
causative	festarengatik	festarengatik	festengatik
benefactive	festarentzat	festarentzat	festentzat
instrumental	festaz	festaz	festez
inessive	festatan	festan	festetan
locative	festatako	festako	festetako
allative	festatara	festara	festetara
terminative	festataraino	festaraino	festetaraino
directive	festatarantz	festarantz	festetarantz
destinative	festatarako	festarako	festetarako
ablative	festatatik	festatik	festetatik
partitive	festarik	—	—
prolative	festatzat	—	—

Derived terms edit

festa egin
festa-egun (“holiday”)
festaburu
festazale (“partygoer”)

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum. Compare Occitan fèsta or hèsta.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfes.tə]
IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈfes.ta]
Rhymes: -esta

Noun edit

festa f (plural festes)

celebration; party

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Esperanto edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈfesta]
Rhymes: -esta
Hyphenation: fes‧ta

Adjective edit

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

festive

Fala edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese festa, from Late Latin fēsta.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈfesta/

Noun edit

festa f (plural festas)

party
festivity, holiday
Synonyms: festividai, fistiviai, fistividai

Related terms edit

festival (“festival”)
festividai (“festivity”)
festivu (“festive”)
fistival (“festival”)
fistiviai (“festivity”)
fistividai (“festivity”)
fistivu (“festive”)

References edit

Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse festa.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈfɛsta]

Verb edit

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

to fasten, to make fast

Usage notes edit

festa fót (“make a settlement”)

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of festa (group v-9st)
infinitive	festa
supine	fest
participle (a5)¹	festandi	festur
	present	past
first singular	festi	festi
second singular	festir	festi
third singular	festir	festi
plural	festa	festu
	imperative
singular	fest!
plural	festið!
¹Only the past participle being declined.

Galician edit

San Sebastian's festa, Aldán, Galicia

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese festa, from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈfɛs̺tɐ]

Noun edit

festa f (plural festas)

festival
Synonyms: feira, festival
party
Synonym: esmorga
holiday; festivity
Synonyms: día de festa, día festivo, día santo

References edit

“festa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“festa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“festa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“festa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“festa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse festa.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛsta/
Rhymes: -ɛsta

Verb edit

festa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative festi, supine fest)

(transitive, with accusative) to fasten
(transitive, with accusative) to determine, fix, settle

Conjugation edit

festa — active voice (germynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að festa
supine (sagnbót)		fest
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		festandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég festi	við festum	present (nútíð)	ég festi	við festum
	þú festir	þið festið		þú festir	þið festið
	hann, hún, það festir	þeir, þær, þau festa		hann, hún, það festi	þeir, þær, þau festi

past (þátíð)	ég festi	við festum	past (þátíð)	ég festi	við festum
	þú festir	þið festuð		þú festir	þið festuð
	hann, hún, það festi	þeir, þær, þau festu		hann, hún, það festi	þeir, þær, þau festu

imperative (boðháttur)	fest (þú)	festið (þið)
	festu	festiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

festast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að festast
supine (sagnbót)		fest
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		festandist the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég festist	við festumst	present (nútíð)	ég festist	við festumst
	þú festist	þið festist		þú festist	þið festist
	hann, hún, það festist	þeir, þær, þau festast		hann, hún, það festist	þeir, þær, þau festist

past (þátíð)	ég festist	við festumst	past (þátíð)	ég festist	við festumst
	þú festist	þið festust		þú festist	þið festust
	hann, hún, það festist	þeir, þær, þau festust		hann, hún, það festist	þeir, þær, þau festust

imperative (boðháttur)	fest (þú)	festist (þið)
	festu	festisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

festur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
strong declension (sterk beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	festur	fest	fest	festir	festar	fest
accusative (þolfall)	festan	festa	fest	festa	festar	fest
dative (þágufall)	festum	festri	festu	festum	festum	festum
genitive (eignarfall)	fests	festrar	fests	festra	festra	festra

weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
weak declension (veik beyging)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	festi	festa	festa	festu	festu	festu
accusative (þolfall)	festa	festu	festa	festu	festu	festu
dative (þágufall)	festa	festu	festa	festu	festu	festu
genitive (eignarfall)	festa	festu	festa	festu	festu	festu

Derived terms edit

festing

Noun edit

festa f (genitive singular festu, no plural)

resoluteness, steadfastness

Declension edit

declension of festa

	indefinite	definite
f-w1	singular
nominative	festa	festan
accusative	festu	festuna
dative	festu	festunni
genitive	festu	festunnar

Synonyms edit

(steadfastness): staðfesta, stöðugleiki

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstus (“festive”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.sta/
Audio (IT) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛsta
Hyphenation: fè‧sta

Noun edit

festa f (plural feste)

feast
holiday (civil)
(in the plural) holidays (British), vacation (US)
fair (often in combination)

Descendants edit

→ Japanese: フェスタ
→ Maltese: festa (or from Sicilian)

Anagrams edit

sfate

Italiot Greek edit

Etymology edit

From Latin festa (“party, feast”).

Noun edit

festa f

party, feast

Ladin edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.

Noun edit

festa f (plural festes)

(official) holiday

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

fēsta: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfeːs.ta/, [ˈfeːs̠t̪ä]
fēsta: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfes.ta/, [ˈfɛst̪ä]
fēstā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfeːs.taː/, [ˈfeːs̠t̪äː]
fēstā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfes.ta/, [ˈfɛst̪ä]

Etymology 1 edit

From the plural of fēstum. See main entry there for more.

Noun edit

fēsta f (genitive fēstae); first declension

(Medieval Latin) party, feast

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fēsta	fēstae
Genitive	fēstae	fēstārum
Dative	fēstae	fēstīs
Accusative	fēstam	fēstās
Ablative	fēstā	fēstīs
Vocative	fēsta	fēstae

Descendants edit

See descendants under fēstum.

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

fēsta

nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of fēstum

Adjective edit

fēsta

inflection of fēstus:
1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective edit

fēstā

ablative feminine singular of fēstus

Ligurian edit

Noun edit

festa f (please provide plural)

party (a celebration)
Émmo fæto 'na festa de Dênâ.
We had a Christmas party.

Macanese edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese festa.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛʃtɐ/, /ˈfɛstɐ/

Noun edit

festa

party, fete, gala
Synonym: fonçám

festa di quebrâ testa ― big party; solemn commemoration (literally, “party of break forehead”)

festa di fichâ ano ― birthday party
celebration
festival
Quelê-tánto náchi-náchi na festa
There were many Chinese people at the festival
(religion) feast
missa festa ― high mass (literally, “mass feast”)

Related terms edit

bô-festa

References edit

https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

Maltese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sicilian festa and/or Italian festa.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛːs.ta/

Noun edit

festa f (plural festi, diminutive festin)

Related terms edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

festet

Verb edit

festa

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

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse festa, from Proto-Germanic *fastijaną. Factitive of fast (“(stead)fast”).

Alternative forms edit

feste (e- and split infinitives)

Verb edit

festa (present tense festar or fester, past tense festa or feste, past participle festa or fest, present participle festande, imperative fest)

to fasten, to make fast

Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From fest +‎ -a, the first part being derived from Latin festum.

Alternative forms edit

feste (e- and split infinitives)

Verb edit

festa (present tense festar, past tense festa, past participle festa, passive infinitive festast, present participle festande, imperative festa/fest)

to party

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms edit

festi (non-standard since 2012)

Noun edit

festa

definite singular of fest f
definite plural of feste n

References edit

“festa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams edit

faste

Old Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈfʲesta/

Etymology 1 edit

From earlier fecht (“occasion”) +‎ -sa (“this”).

Adverb edit

festa

now, forthwith
henceforth

Derived terms edit

feasta

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

·festa

second-person singular past subjunctive/conditional prototonic of ro·finnadar

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
·festa	·ḟesta	·festa pronounced with /-v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Germanic *fastijaną.

Verb edit

festa (past participle festr)

to fasten

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of festa — active (weak class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	festa
present participle	festandi
past participle	festr
1st-person singular	festi	festa
2nd-person singular	festir	festir
3rd-person singular	festir	festi
1st-person plural	festum	festum
2nd-person plural	festið	festuð
3rd-person plural	festa	festu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	festa	festa
2nd-person singular	festir	festir
3rd-person singular	festi	festi
1st-person plural	festim	festim
2nd-person plural	festið	festið
3rd-person plural	festi	festi
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	fest, festi
1st-person plural	festum
2nd-person plural	festið

Conjugation of festa — mediopassive (weak class 1)

indicative	present	past
infinitive	festask
present participle	festandisk
past participle	festzk
1st-person singular	festumk	festumk
2nd-person singular	festisk	festisk
3rd-person singular	festisk	festisk
1st-person plural	festumsk	festumsk
2nd-person plural	festizk	festuzk
3rd-person plural	festask	festusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	festumk	festumk
2nd-person singular	festisk	festisk
3rd-person singular	festisk	festisk
1st-person plural	festimsk	festimsk
2nd-person plural	festizk	festizk
3rd-person plural	festisk	festisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	festsk, festisk
1st-person plural	festumsk
2nd-person plural	festizk

Descendants edit

Icelandic: festa
Faroese: festa
Norwegian Nynorsk: festa
Swedish: fästa
Danish: fæste
- Norwegian Bokmål: feste

Etymology 2 edit

Related to Etymology 1 above ("fasten").

Noun edit

festa f (genitive festu)

bail, pledge

Declension edit

Declension of festa (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	festa	festan	festur	festurnar
accusative	festu	festuna	festur	festurnar
dative	festu	festunni	festum	festunum
genitive	festu	festunnar	festna	festnanna

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle edit

festa

inflection of festr:

Noun edit

festa

genitive plural indefinite of festr

References edit

“festa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Anagrams edit

efast, stefa

Portuguese edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese festa, from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛs.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛs.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛʃ.tɐ/

Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛstɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɛʃtɐ
Hyphenation: fes‧ta

Noun edit

festa f (plural festas)

party
Vamos começar a festa. ― Let's get the party started.

A festa acabou. ― The party's over.
celebration
festival
(religion) feast
caress

Descendants edit

Kabuverdianu: festa
Macanese: festa
→ Malay: pesta
- Indonesian: pesta
→ Sranan Tongo: fesa
- → Dutch: fissa

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

festa

inflection of festar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Romagnol edit

Alternative forms edit

fësta

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin festa (“feast”).

Pronunciation edit

(Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [ˈfɛːstɐ]

Noun edit

festa f (plural fest) (Faenza)

feast, festival

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈfesta/ [ˈfes.t̪a]
Rhymes: -esta
Syllabification: fes‧ta

Noun edit

festa f (plural festas)

Obsolete spelling of fiesta

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From fest +‎ -a.

Pronunciation edit

Homophone: fästa

Verb edit

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

to party (to celebrate at a party)
Synonyms: partaja, kalasa

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of festa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	festa		festas
Supine	festat		festats
Imperative	festa		—
Imper. plural¹	festen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	festar	festade	festas	festades
Ind. plural¹	festa	festade	festas	festades
Subjunctive²	feste	festade	festes	festades
	Participles
Present participle	festande
Past participle	—
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References edit

Anagrams edit

faste

Ternate edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese festa, from Latin fēstum.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈfes.ta]

Noun edit

festa (Jawi فست)

a party, celebration, feast day
festa sara toca ― the candle lighting celebration

Alternative forms edit

pesta

References edit

Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

festa

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