Meaning & use

Ferias

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Annual fairs or festivals, especially the traditional town celebrations held in Spain and Latin America.

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The whole town shuts down during the ferias, with flamenco, bullfights, and street food.

Seville's April feria is one of the most famous ferias in Spain.

A note on using this word

Borrowed from Spanish, where 'feria' also has an older sense of an ordinary weekday in the Christian liturgical calendar.

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