festejar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *festizāre. Derivable from festa +‎ -ejar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəs.təˈʒa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [fes.teˈd͡ʒaɾ] === Verb === festejar (first-person singular present festejo, first-person singular preterite festegí, past participle festejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/ (ambitransitive) to woo, to court (transitive) to fawn over (transitive) to celebrate Synonym: festivar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “festejar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Occitan == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *festizāre. Derivable from fèsta +‎ -ejar. Attested from the 13th century. === Pronunciation === === Verb === festejar (transitive, intransitive) to celebrate ==== Conjugation ==== === References === == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *festizāre. Derivable from festa +‎ -ejar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fes‧te‧jar === Verb === festejar (first-person singular present festejo, first-person singular preterite festejei, past participle festejado) to celebrate (all senses) to party ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “festejar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “festejar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Probably borrowed from Catalan festejar, replacing the Old Spanish festear, both from Vulgar Latin *festizāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /festeˈxaɾ/ [fes.t̪eˈxaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: fes‧te‧jar === Verb === festejar (first-person singular present festejo, first-person singular preterite festejé, past participle festejado) (transitive) to celebrate Synonym: celebrar (Latin America, uncommon) to beat mercilessly ==== Conjugation ==== === References === === Further reading === “festejar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “festejar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010