festejar

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *festidiāre. By surface analysis, festa + -ejar.

Pronunciation

Verb

festejar (first-person singular present festejo, past participle festejat)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to woo, to court
  2. (transitive) to fawn over
  3. (transitive) to celebrate
    Synonym: festivar

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • festeig
  • festejadís
  • festejador
  • festejament

Further reading

Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *festidiāre. By surface analysis, fèsta + -ejar. Attested from the 13th century.[1] Compare Catalan festejar, French festoyer.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

festejar

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to celebrate

Conjugation

References

  1. Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2016, page 271.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *festidiāre. By surface analysis, festa + -ejar. Compare Old Spanish festear.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fes.teˈʒa(ʁ)/ [fes.teˈʒa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /fes.teˈʒa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /feʃ.teˈʒa(ʁ)/ [feʃ.teˈʒa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fes.teˈʒa(ɻ)/

  • Hyphenation: fes‧te‧jar

Verb

festejar (first-person singular present festejo, first-person singular preterite festejei, past participle festejado)

  1. to celebrate (all senses)

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Catalan festejar,[1] replacing the Old Spanish festear, both from Vulgar Latin *festidiāre.

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)

  1. (transitive) to celebrate
    Synonym: celebrar
  2. (Latin America, uncommon) to beat mercilessly

Conjugation

References

  1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “fiesta”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 893

Further reading

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