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fiesta

[fee-es-tuh, fyes-tah] / fiˈɛs tə, ˈfjɛs tɑ /
NOUN
day of rest; religious celebration
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The sport just finished off a week-long celebration fiesta for Roger Federer leading into his induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

His big smile and bright colours make him a fan-favourite at Bristol's annual fiesta.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Ten men suffered injuries Tuesday during the eighth and final bull run of Spain's famed San Fermin festival, bringing to 57 the total number of daredevils injured during this year's fiesta.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

“There is nothing so joyous as a Mexican fiesta, but there is also nothing so sorrowful,” Nobel laureate Octavio Paz infamously wrote in “The Labyrinth of Solitude,” his 1950 treatise on the Mexican condition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

They sat in the big, white car and looked through their glasses at the fiesta.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

Shops remained closed, bread was in short supply and Ceuta's annual fiestas have been cancelled as Spain's North African enclave struggled to cope after thousands of migrants poured in from neighbouring Morocco.

From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026

Amid the military rule, Barraquiel Tan said he still saw art being created through things like community fiestas and carnivals run by trans artists.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2022

Villages and towns across Spain hold the fiestas but they were prohibited last year as the country brought in tough health restrictions.

From Reuters ● Sep. 5, 2021

But with the advent of divisional play, and then of three divisions and two wild-card teams in recent years, the Champagne-infused fiestas have mushroomed.

From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2016

“You should go, muchacho. Señor Fidencio has a club for young men there. They have fiestas, good times.”

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty




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