festejar
Spanish, verb/festeˈxaɾ/
festejar is spelled F-E-S-T-E-J-A-R (8 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 13,207th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Festejar is a Spanish verb meaning “to celebrate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer una fiesta o demostrar alegría con motivo de algún hecho o acontecimiento”.
What does festejar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to celebrate
- 2
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer una fiesta o demostrar alegría con motivo de algún hecho o acontecimiento.
verb: 1. Hacer o irse de fiesta, de juerga o de parranda.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of festejar
- festejo first-person present singular
- festejé first-person preterite singular
- festejado participle past
- festejando gerund
- festejada feminine participle past
- festejados masculine participle past
- festejadas feminine participle past
- festejas indicative informal present
- festejás indicative informal present
- festeja indicative present singular
- festejamos first-person indicative plural
- festejáis indicative plural present
- festejan indicative plural present
- festejaba first-person imperfect indicative
- festejabas imperfect indicative second-person
- festejábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- festejabais imperfect indicative plural
- festejaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce festejar?
- /festeˈxaɾ/
- [fes.t̪eˈxaɾ]
- [fest̪eˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to festejar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is festejar in Spanish?
festejar appears 4.4 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).