🇮🇹 Italian

festa

feminine

la festa

party

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festa
/la ˈfɛsta/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say festa in Italian?

IPA
/la ˈfɛsta/

How do you pronounce festa in Italian?

festa is pronounced /la ˈfɛsta/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La festa di compleanno era molto grande e divertente.

The birthday party was very big and fun.

Quella festa italiana è stata la più bella dell'anno.

That Italian party was the most beautiful one of the year.

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Why is it feminine?

Festa is feminine because it derives from Latin "festa," which is the feminine singular form (not plural) of the adjective "festus, -a, -um." In Latin, "festa" (feminine accusative plural of "festus") was used substantively to mean "festive days" or "holidays." Italian retained this feminine gender in the singular noun form "festa."

What is the Italian word for party?

The Italian word for party is la festa — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchfêtelafeminine
🇪🇸 Spanishfiestalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesefestaafeminine

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