pesta

Borrowed from Latin pestis.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛs.tə], [ˈpes.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpɛs.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɛs.ta]

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pesta f (plural pestes)

1. plague
2. stink
3. pest

• pestífer
• pestilència
• pestilent

• “pesta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

pesta

1. Da-infinitive of pesema.

• IPA^(key): /pɛs.ta/

pesta

1. third-person singular past historic of pester

• pâtes, pâtés, pesât, pétas, tapes, tapés

• festa (1901–1947)

From Malay pesta, from Portuguese festa, from Old Galician-Portuguese festa, from Late Latin fēsta.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛsta/ [ˈpɛs.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ɛsta
• Syllabification: pes‧ta

pèsta (plural pesta-pesta)

1. party, a social gathering, a gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing

• “pesta”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• IPA^(key): /ˈpes.ta/, /ˈpɛs.ta/^[1]
• Rhymes: -esta, -ɛsta
• Hyphenation: pé‧sta, pè‧sta

Deverbal from pestare (“to trample”) +‎ -a.^[2]

pesta f (plural peste)

1. (usually in the plural) footprint

   Synonyms: orma, impronta, pedata, traccia

   essere sulle peste di qualcuno

   being in the footsteps of someone

2. (figurative, in the plural) mess, trouble

   Synonyms: guaio, pasticcio

   trovarsi nelle peste

   find oneself in trouble

• pista

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pesta

1. inflection of pestare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pesta

1. feminine singular of pesto

• paste, spate

From Proto-Finnic *pestäk.

pesta

1. (transitive) to wash, to clean

• M. Pahomov (2022), Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎^[1], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN

From Portuguese festa.

• Rhymes: -a
• Rhymes: -ta

pesta (Jawi spelling ڤيستا, plural pesta-pesta or pesta²)

1. party

• Indonesian: pesta

• "pesta" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

• pesten

pesta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of pest

• pesten

pesta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of pest

• IPA^(key): [ˈpes.ta]

pesta

1. alternative form of festa (“party, celebration”)

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Proto-Finnic *pestäk.

pesta

1. to wash
2. to clean

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “вымыть, выстирать, мыть, стирать”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika