A festival, celebration, or feast, especially in Italian or Portuguese contexts; a religious or cultural celebration.
From Latin 'festa' (plural of 'festum'), meaning 'festivals' or 'feast days.' The word traveled through Romance languages and is still commonly used in Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
The word 'festa' appears across southern Europe with surprisingly consistent meaning—from 'Festa de São João' in Portugal to 'La Festa della Repubblica' in Italy, it's one of those Latin words that survived almost unchanged for 2,000 years.
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