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SPANISH VERB

festejar

to celebrate, to party

  • #412 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: festejando
  • Past participle: festejado

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 festejar

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

  1. Present

    En mi familia festejamos todos los cumpleaños juntos.

    In my family we celebrate every birthday together.

  2. Past

    Festejaron el gol como si fuera la final.

    They celebrated the goal as if it were the final.

  3. Imperfect

    Antes festejábamos el Año Nuevo en casa de mis tíos.

    We used to celebrate New Year at my aunt and uncle's.

  4. Future

    ¿Dónde festejarás tus treinta años?

    Where will you celebrate your thirtieth birthday?

  5. Conditional

    Yo lo festejaría con una cena pequeña y tranquila.

    I'd celebrate it with a small, quiet dinner.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quiero que festejemos tu ascenso este fin de semana.

    I want us to celebrate your promotion this weekend.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Me pidieron que no festejara hasta firmar el contrato.

    They asked me not to celebrate until signing the contract.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Festeja hoy, que mañana vuelves al trabajo!

    Celebrate today, tomorrow you're back at work!

Good to know

  • "Festejar" is the everyday word in Mexico; in Spain people say "celebrar".

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