SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

celebrar

to celebrate

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

celebrar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yocelebro
túcelebras
él / ella / ustedcelebra
nosotros / nosotrascelebramos
vosotros / vosotrascelebráis
ellos / ellas / ustedescelebran

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

celebrar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yocelebré
túcelebraste
él / ella / ustedcelebró
nosotros / nosotrascelebramos
vosotros / vosotrascelebrasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedescelebraron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

celebrar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yocelebraba
túcelebrabas
él / ella / ustedcelebraba
nosotros / nosotrascelebrábamos
vosotros / vosotrascelebrabais
ellos / ellas / ustedescelebraban

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

celebrar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yocelebraré
túcelebrarás
él / ella / ustedcelebrará
nosotros / nosotrascelebraremos
vosotros / vosotrascelebraréis
ellos / ellas / ustedescelebrarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

celebrar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yocelebraría
túcelebrarías
él / ella / ustedcelebraría
nosotros / nosotrascelebraríamos
vosotros / vosotrascelebraríais
ellos / ellas / ustedescelebrarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

celebrar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yocelebre
túcelebres
él / ella / ustedcelebre
nosotros / nosotrascelebremos
vosotros / vosotrascelebréis
ellos / ellas / ustedescelebren

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • to celebrate
  • to hold, to organize (a formal event, conference, meeting etc.)
  • to welcome, to accept

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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