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adj.alegre, festivo, propio de un día de fiesta.s.1 vacaciones (vacation) (especialmente británico)2 (día de) fiesta (day off) (España)feriado (Am.); día festivo, día feriado (Am.) (public holiday)3 día de fiesta, día festivo, asueto, día libre.En el Reino Unido las celebraciones religiosas no suelen ser día festivo a nivel nacional, a excepción del Viernes Santo y del día de Navidad. Otros tres días de fiesta coinciden con estas fechas: “Easter Monday” (lunes de Pascua), “Boxing Day” (26 de diciembre) y “New Year's Day” (1 de enero). Hay dos fiestas más en mayo: “May Day” (primer lunes) y “Spring Bank Holiday” (último lunes), y otra en agosto: “Summer Bank Holiday” (último lunes de agosto). Escocia e Irlanda del Norte tienen algunas fiestas distintas.En Estados Unidos cada estado tiene sus propios días festivos, además de las fiestas nacionales. Estas son “Christmas Day”, “New Year's Day”, “Labor Day” (primer lunes de septiembre), “Columbus Day” (segundo lunes de octubre) y “Thanksgiving” (cuarto jueves de noviembre). En otras dos se commemoran aniversarios de líderes importantes: “Martin Luther King Day” (tercer lunes de enero) y “Presidents' Day” (tercer lunes de febrero, aniversario de los presidentes Lincoln y Washington). Por último, también se celebran eventos relacionados con distintas guerras: “Memorial Day” (en memoria de las víctimas de guerra, último lunes de mayo), “Independence Day” (4 de julio) y “Veteran's Day” (11 de noviembre).v.vacacionar, pasar las vacaciones, veranear.vi.pasar las vacaciones ; veranear (in summer) (public holiday) -
2 fiesta
fi'estə1) (a (religious) holiday, especially in Roman Catholic countries.) fiesta, festividad, día festivo2) (a festival or celebration.) festividad
fiesta sustantivo femenino dieron una gran fiesta they threw o had a big party; estar de fiesta to be having a party; aguar la fiesta to spoil the fun fiesta nacional ( día festivo) public holiday; (Taur) bullfighting;◊ fiesta patria (AmL) independence dayc)(de fin de año, etc) festive season;◊ ¡felices fiestas! Merry Christmas!;¿dónde vas a pasar estas fiestas? where are you going to spend the vacation (AmE) o (BrE) holidays?
fiesta sustantivo femenino
1 (reunión de amigos) party: daremos una fiesta, we'll hold a party
2 (festividad) celebration, festivity
fuimos a las fiestas del pueblo, we went to the village fiesta/carnival
día de fiesta, holiday
fiesta nacional, bank holiday Esp la fiesta nacional, bullfighting
3 Rel feast Locuciones: aguar la fiesta, to spoil the fun
tengamos la fiesta en paz, let's not quarrel ' fiesta' also found in these entries: Spanish: aguar - animar - animada - animado - animarse - baile - bochinche - cabezudo - celebración - cóctel - comistrajo - conocerse - corear - dar - deslucir - disfraz - disfrazarse - elemento - escabullirse - gala - haber - hazmerreír - hogareña - hogareño - languidecer - mañana - mentar - mescolanza - mezcolanza - motivo - nanay - obligada - obligado - organizar - organizarse - pensar - preparar - propia - propio - quisque - quisqui - rabiar - reticencia - romería - sarao - velada - acabar - aguado - alargar - alegrar English: advance - annoy - ask back - bank holiday - beeline - book - booze-up - cocktail party - do - family - feast - festival - find out - first - folding - frazzled - funny - gala - garden party - gatecrash - gatecrasher - give - go - half-holiday - Hallowe'en - Halloween - have - heart - hoedown - hold - holiday - housewarming - legal holiday - let on - loud - miffed - miss - name - night - nobody - noisy - party - presentable - rave - reception - riotous - rip-roaring - rowdy - shower - swingfiesta [fi'ɛstə] n: fiesta fn.• fiesta s.f.[fɪ'estǝ]N fiesta f
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