pesta

Inherited from Latin pestis.

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

pesta f (plural pestes)

1. plague
2. stink
3. pest

• pestífer
• pestilència
• pestilent

• “pesta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛsta/, [ˈpɛs.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: pès‧ta

pèsta (plural pesta-pesta, first-person possessive pestaku, second-person possessive pestamu, third-person possessive pestanya)

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

• “pesta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.sta/, /ˈpɛ.sta/[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. wash

From Portuguese festa.

pesta (Jawi spelling ڤيستا, plural pesta-pesta, informal 1st possessive pestaku, 2nd possessive pestamu, 3rd possessive pestanya)

1. party

• Indonesian: pesta

• “pesta” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, 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]
• Rhymes: -a
• Rhymes: -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]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika