Habrá varias fiestas este fin de semana para conmemorar el fin de la guerra.There will be various festivities this weekend to commemorate the end of the war.
fiesta de guardar (religion) holiday of obligation
fiesta movible (religion) a movable feast
3. party (reunión)
dar una fiesta en honor de alguien to give a party in somebody's honor
fiesta de disfraces fancy dress party
FIESTA The Spanish word fiesta has long since entered the vocabulary of English, largely due to the centrality of such celebrations in the Spanish-speaking world. There are a number of national holidays when offices are likely to be closed or short-staffed — notably during “Semana Santa” (Easter) and in August. There are also annual regional and local celebrations, and these can also mean that little important business can be done. For example, Valencia has its “Fallas” (a week-long celebration based on fireworks and bonfires) in March, while Pamplona has its nine day “Sanfermines” (with the famous running of the bulls through the streets) in July.
dar u organizar una fiestato give o throw a party;un ambiente de fiestaa party atmosphere;el país entero está de fiesta ante la buena noticiathe whole country is celebrating the good news
no estar para fiestasto be in no mood for jokes
no sabe de qué va la fiestahe hasn't a clue
para coronar la fiestato round it all off;as a finishing touch
tener la fiesta en paz
no os peleéis, ¡tengamos la fiesta en paz!behave yourselves, don't fight!
mañana es fiestait's a holiday tomorrow;hacer fiestato take a day off
fiesta de la banderitaflag day
Fiesta de la HispanidadColumbus day
Fiesta del TrabajoLabour day;Labor day; (EEUU)
fiesta fijaimmovable feast
fiesta nacionalpublic holiday;bank holiday
fiesta moviblefiesta móvilmovable feast
fiesta patria(Latinoamérica)independence day
3(Religión)feast day
hoy se celebra la fiesta de santo Tomás
guardar o santificar las fiestasto observe feast days
fiesta de guardarfiesta de preceptoday of obligation
4(festejo)fiesta;festival
el pueblo está en fiestas o de fiestathe town's having its local fiesta;la fiesta nacional(Taur)bullfighting
fiesta de armas(Hist)tournament
fiesta mayorannual festival
5fiestas(vacaciones)holiday;vacation; (EEUU)
las fiestas de Navidadthe Christmas holiday(s);¡Felices Fiestas!(en navidad)Happy Christmas;te llamaré después de estas fiestasI'll call you after the holidays
6fiestas(carantoñas)
su perro siempre le hace fiestas cuando la vethe dog is all over her whenever he sees her
There are a fixed number of public holidays in the Spanish calendar but some dates vary locally. National public holidays include Navidad (25 December), Reyes (6 January), the Día de los Trabajadores (1 May), the Día de la Hispanidad/del Pilar (12 October) and the Día de la Constitución (6 December). Additionally, each autonomous region and town has at its discretion a small number of public holidays that usually coincide with local traditions like a patron saint's day or other celebrations such as Carnaval. Thus there is a holiday in Madrid for San Isidro, the city's patron saint, and one in Catalonia for Sant Jordi, who is the patron saint of the region.