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ITALIAN VERB

festeggiare

to celebrate

  • #360 most used
  • Regular -are verb
  • Past participle: festeggiato
  • Gerund: festeggiando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. io I celebrate
  2. tu you celebrate
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she celebrates
  4. noi we celebrate
  5. voi you all celebrate
  6. loro they celebrate

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

  1. io I celebrated
  2. tu you celebrated
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she celebrated
  4. noi we celebrated
  5. voi you all celebrated
  6. loro they celebrated

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. io I used to celebrate
  2. tu you used to celebrate
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she used to celebrate
  4. noi we used to celebrate
  5. voi you all used to celebrate
  6. loro they used to celebrate

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

  1. io I will celebrate
  2. tu you will celebrate
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she will celebrate
  4. noi we will celebrate
  5. voi you all will celebrate
  6. loro they will celebrate

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

  1. io I would celebrate
  2. tu you would celebrate
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she would celebrate
  4. noi we would celebrate
  5. voi you all would celebrate
  6. loro they would celebrate

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

  1. io (that) I celebrate
  2. tu (that) you celebrate
  3. lui, lei, Lei (that) he/she celebrate
  4. noi (that) we celebrate
  5. voi (that) you all celebrate
  6. loro (that) they celebrate

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders: tu, Lei, noi, voi

  1. tu celebrate!
  2. Lei celebrate! (formal)
  3. noi celebrate! (let’s)
  4. voi celebrate! (all of you)

How to use festeggiare

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Stasera festeggiamo il compleanno di Giulia.

    Tonight we're celebrating Giulia's birthday.

  2. Past

    Abbiamo festeggiato la laurea in pizzeria.

    We celebrated the graduation at a pizzeria.

  3. Imperfect

    In paese festeggiavano il santo con i fuochi.

    In the village they celebrated the saint with fireworks.

  4. Future

    Festeggeremo le nozze d'oro dei nonni a giugno.

    We'll celebrate our grandparents' golden wedding in June.

  5. Conditional

    Festeggerei con una cena a casa, niente di grande.

    I'd celebrate with a dinner at home, nothing big.

  6. Present subjunctive

    È giusto che festeggino, hanno lavorato tanto.

    It's right that they celebrate, they've worked so hard.

  7. Imperative

    Festeggia stasera, te lo meriti davvero!

    Celebrate tonight, you really deserve it!

Where you hear festeggiare

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Italian · Fluency Level 3

  • Stasera si festeggia. Tonight we celebrate.
  • Abbiamo festeggiato fino a tardi. We celebrated until late.
  • Festeggeremo tutti insieme in piazza. We'll all celebrate together in the square.
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At the Door, Again

Fluency Level 3 · Stasera si festeggia. E ricominciamo dall'inizio. · Stasera si festeggia.

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