Example sentences for: fiestas

How can you use “fiestas” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Folklórico groups perform for community events, Cinco de Mayo festivals, school functions, Fiestas Guadalupanas (celebrations of La Virgen de Guadalupe, December 12), political events, and other holidays.

  • The major fiestas are listed in the Calendar of Events (see page 92), but ask the tourist information office about what’s going on during your stay.

  • Throughout the Southwest, fiestas for San Juan, San Isidro, San Francisco, La Virgen de Guadalupe, and many other favorite saints incorporated religious rituals and secular revelry.

  • A nationalistic sentiment among Chicanos of the United States or el Mexico de afuera (Mexico from the outside) exhibited by patriotic activities such as parades, fiestas patrias (patriotic festivals), and celebrations of Mexican holidays.

  • They are contracted to play at traditional ritual celebrations, such as baptisms, weddings, quinceañeras (fifteenth birthday parties), fiestas patrias (patriotic festivals), most festivals, and sometimes funerals.


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