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SPANISH VERB

celebrar

to celebrate

  • #196 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: celebrando
  • Past participle: celebrado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I celebrate
  2. tú you celebrate
  3. usted, él, ella he/she celebrates
  4. nosotros we celebrate
  5. vosotros Spain you all celebrate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they celebrate

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I celebrated
  2. tú you celebrated
  3. usted, él, ella he/she celebrated
  4. nosotros we celebrated
  5. vosotros Spain you all celebrated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they celebrated

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to celebrate
  2. tú you used to celebrate
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to celebrate
  4. nosotros we used to celebrate
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to celebrate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to celebrate

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will celebrate
  2. tú you will celebrate
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will celebrate
  4. nosotros we will celebrate
  5. vosotros Spain you all will celebrate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will celebrate

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would celebrate
  2. tú you would celebrate
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would celebrate
  4. nosotros we would celebrate
  5. vosotros Spain you all would celebrate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would celebrate

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I celebrate
  2. tú (that) you celebrate
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she celebrate
  4. nosotros (that) we celebrate
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all celebrate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they celebrate

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I celebrated
  2. tú (if) you celebrated
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she celebrated
  4. nosotros (if) we celebrated
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all celebrated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they celebrated

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú celebrate!
  2. usted celebrate! (formal)
  3. nosotros celebrate! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain celebrate! (all of you)
  5. ustedes celebrate! (all of you)

How to use celebrar

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

  1. Present

    Celebramos el Día de Muertos con pan y flores.

    We celebrate the Day of the Dead with bread and flowers.

  2. Past

    Celebré mi cumpleaños con una carne asada en el patio.

    I celebrated my birthday with a barbecue in the backyard.

  3. Imperfect

    Mi familia celebraba las posadas cada diciembre.

    My family celebrated the posadas every December.

  4. Future

    Celebraremos su aniversario en un restaurante bonito.

    We'll celebrate their anniversary at a nice restaurant.

  5. Conditional

    Yo celebraría con una fiesta grande, ¿tú no?

    I'd celebrate with a big party, wouldn't you?

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quiero que celebremos tu nuevo trabajo esta noche.

    I want us to celebrate your new job tonight.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Mis papás querían que celebráramos la boda en Oaxaca.

    My parents wanted us to celebrate the wedding in Oaxaca.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Celebren, muchachos, se lo merecen!

    Celebrate, guys, you deserve it!

Where you hear celebrar

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

Spanish · Intermediate Level 1

  • Celebramos mi cumpleaños en casa. We celebrate my birthday at home.
  • Ayer celebramos con un café. Yesterday we celebrated with a coffee.
  • Vamos a celebrar el domingo. We're going to celebrate on Sunday.

Spanish · Intermediate Level 3

  • En la clínica celebramos todos los cumpleaños. At the clinic, we celebrate every birthday.
  • Celebramos el Año Nuevo en mi casa. We celebrated New Year at my house.
  • Esta noche vamos a celebrar con mezcal. Tonight we're going to celebrate with mezcal.
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Whatever Happens

Intermediate Level 1 · celebramos · para celebrar

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I Got It!

Intermediate Level 3 · para celebrar

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We Are Pleased to Inform You

Advanced Level 2 · esto se celebra

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Please Reply

Advanced Level 3 · que se celebrará

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.