SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

festejar

to celebrate

-ar verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

festejar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yofestejo
túfestejas
él / ella / ustedfesteja
nosotros / nosotrasfestejamos
vosotros / vosotrasfestejáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesfestejan

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

festejar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yofestejé
túfestejaste
él / ella / ustedfestejó
nosotros / nosotrasfestejamos
vosotros / vosotrasfestejasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesfestejaron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

festejar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yofestejaba
túfestejabas
él / ella / ustedfestejaba
nosotros / nosotrasfestejábamos
vosotros / vosotrasfestejabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesfestejaban

Future Futuro simple

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

festejar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yofestejaré
túfestejarás
él / ella / ustedfestejará
nosotros / nosotrasfestejaremos
vosotros / vosotrasfestejaréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesfestejarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

festejar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yofestejaría
túfestejarías
él / ella / ustedfestejaría
nosotros / nosotrasfestejaríamos
vosotros / vosotrasfestejaríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesfestejarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

festejar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yofesteje
túfestejes
él / ella / ustedfesteje
nosotros / nosotrasfestejemos
vosotros / vosotrasfestejéis
ellos / ellas / ustedesfestejen

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 beat mercilessly

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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