fiesta

noun

fē-ˈe-stə How to pronounce fiesta (audio)
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a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something the city's Latinos have a series of fiestas throughout the summer

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Recent Examples of fiesta Its annual spring and fall fiestas are still called Pecan Street Festival. — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Sep. 2024 This holiday fiesta will be a great to get the entire family in the holiday spirit at the kick-off of Christmas week. — Mars Salazar, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024 Sir Muck invites Yasmin to attend the ESG fiesta in Switzerland. — Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2024 But that’s not all; Black Friday is a fiesta for hackers, too, and the perfect time for social engineering attacks! — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for fiesta

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