festo
Esperanto
Etymology
Etymology tree
From German Fest and Italian festa, both ultimately from Latin fēstum. Compare French fête, English feast.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfesto/
Audio 1: (file) Audio 2: (file) - Rhymes: -esto
- Syllabification: fes‧to
Noun
festo (accusative singular feston, plural festoj, accusative plural festojn)
- celebration
- 2012, Plato, translated by Donald Broadribb, La Respubliko (Traduko al Esperanto) [The Republic (Translation into Esperanto)], 2nd corrected edition (paperback), New York: Mondial, →ISBN, page 18:
- Ni leviĝos post la manĝo kaj ni rigardos la noktan feston.
- We will get up after the meal and watch the night celebration.
- feast festival, party, fiesta
Derived terms
Latin
Adjective
fēstō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fēstus
Noun
fēstō
- dative/ablative singular of fēstum
References
- "festo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Verb
festo
- first-person singular present indicative of festar