festinar
Spanish, verb/festiˈnaɾ/
festinar is spelled F-E-S-T-I-N-A-R (8 letters). Festinar is a Spanish verb meaning “to speed up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Malversar”.
What does festinar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to speed up
- 2
to minimize, to downplay a matter or event
- 3
synonym of malversar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Malversar. 2. Apresurar, precipitar, apurarse.
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 festinar
- festino first-person present singular
- festiné first-person preterite singular
- festinado participle past
- festinando gerund
- festinada feminine participle past
- festinados masculine participle past
- festinadas feminine participle past
- festinas indicative informal present
- festinás indicative informal present
- festina indicative present singular
- festinamos first-person indicative plural
- festináis indicative plural present
- festinan indicative plural present
- festinaba first-person imperfect indicative
- festinabas imperfect indicative second-person
- festinábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- festinabais imperfect indicative plural
- festinaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce festinar?
- /festiˈnaɾ/
- [fes.t̪iˈnaɾ]
- [fest̪iˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to festinar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.