fiesta

/ˈfjesta/ · A1 · noun · f

party

🎉 fiesta = feast: both from Latin festa, a festival day

Latin festa (festive days) became fiesta in Spanish and feast in English, so they are siblings. The saint's-day sense came first; the party grew from it. English also borrowed fiesta directly, and festival and festive share the root.

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