celebrar

Asturian

Verb

celebrar

1. to celebrate

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin celebrāre. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [sə.ləˈβɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [sə.ləˈbɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [se.leˈbɾaɾ]

• Audio

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Verb

celebrar (first-person singular present celebro, first-person singular preterite celebrí, past participle celebrat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to celebrate, to observe (to honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business)
2. (transitive) to celebrate (to perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite)
3. (transitive) to celebrate (to extol or honour in a solemn manner)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of celebrar (first conjugation)

infinitive			celebrar
gerund			celebrant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		celebrat		celebrada
		plural		celebrats		celebrades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	celebro	celebres	celebra	celebrem	celebreu	celebren
	imperfect	celebrava	celebraves	celebrava	celebràvem	celebràveu	celebraven
	future	celebraré	celebraràs	celebrarà	celebrarem	celebrareu	celebraran
	preterite	celebrí	celebrares	celebrà	celebràrem	celebràreu	celebraren
	conditional	celebraria	celebraries	celebraria	celebraríem	celebraríeu	celebrarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	celebri	celebris	celebri	celebrem	celebreu	celebrin
	imperfect	celebrés	celebressis	celebrés	celebréssim	celebréssiu	celebressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	celebra	celebri	celebrem	celebreu	celebrin
	negative (no)	—	no celebris	no celebri	no celebrem	no celebreu	no celebrin

Derived terms

• celebrant

Related terms

• celebració
• celebrador
• cèlebre
• celebritat

 

Further reading

• “celebrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “celebrar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “celebrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin celebrō.

Verb

celebrar (first-person singular present celebro, first-person singular preterite celebrei, past participle celebrado)

1. to celebrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of celebrar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	celebrar
Personal	celebrar	celebrares	celebrar	celebrarmos	celebrardes	celebraren
Gerund
	celebrando
Past participle
Masculine	celebrado			celebrados
Feminine	celebrada			celebradas
Indicative
Present	celebro	celebras	celebra	celebramos	celebrades	celebran
Imperfect	celebraba	celebrabas	celebraba	celebrabamos	celebrabades	celebraban
Preterite	celebrei	celebraches	celebrou	celebramos	celebrastes	celebraron
Pluperfect	celebrara	celebraras	celebrara	celebraramos	celebrarades	celebraran
Future	celebrarei	celebrarás	celebrará	celebraremos	celebraredes	celebrarán
Conditional	celebraría	celebrarías	celebraría	celebrariamos	celebrariades	celebrarían
Subjunctive
Present	celebre	celebres	celebre	celebremos	celebredes	celebren
Imperfect	celebrase	celebrases	celebrase	celebrásemos	celebrásedes	celebrasen
Future	celebrar	celebrares	celebrar	celebrarmos	celebrardes	celebraren
Imperative
Affirmative		celebra	celebre	celebremos	celebrade	celebren
Negative (non)		non celebres	non celebre	non celebremos	non celebredes	non celebren

    Reintegrated conjugation of celebrar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	celebrar
Personal	celebrar	celebrares	celebrar	celebrarmos	celebrardes	celebrarem
Gerund
	celebrando
Past participle
Masculine	celebrado			celebrados
Feminine	celebrada			celebradas
Indicative
Present	celebro	celebras	celebra	celebramos	celebrades, celebrais	celebram
Imperfect	celebrava	celebravas	celebrava	celebrávamos	celebrávades, celebráveis, celebrávais1	celebravam
Preterite	celebrei	celebraste, celebrache1	celebrou	celebramos	celebrastes	celebrárom, celebraram
Pluperfect	celebrara	celebraras	celebrara	celebráramos	celebrárades, celebráreis, celebrárais1	celebraram
Future	celebrarei	celebrarás	celebrará	celebraremos	celebraredes, celebrareis	celebrarám, celebrarão
Conditional	celebraria	celebrarias	celebraria	celebraríamos	celebraríades, celebraríeis, celebraríais1	celebrariam
Subjunctive
Present	celebre	celebres	celebre	celebremos	celebredes, celebreis	celebrem
Imperfect	celebrasse	celebrasses	celebrasse	celebrássemos	celebrássedes, celebrásseis	celebrassem
Future	celebrar	celebrares	celebrar	celebrarmos	celebrardes	celebrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		celebra	celebre	celebremos	celebrade, celebrai	celebrem
Negative (nom)		nom celebres	nom celebre	nom celebremos	nom celebredes, nom celebreis	nom celebrem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• celebración

Further reading

• “celebrar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “celebrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin celebrāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.leˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [se.leˈbɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.leˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [se.leˈbɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /se.leˈbɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /se.leˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [se.leˈbɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.leˈbɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.lɨˈbɾaɾ/ [sɨ.lɨˈβɾaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.lɨˈbɾaɾ/ [sɨ.lɨˈβɾaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.lɨˈbɾa.ɾi/ [sɨ.lɨˈβɾa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: ce‧le‧brar

Verb

celebrar (first-person singular present celebro, first-person singular preterite celebrei, past participle celebrado)

1. to celebrate (all senses)

   Synonym: festejar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of celebrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	celebrar
Personal	celebrar	celebrares	celebrar	celebrarmos	celebrardes	celebrarem
Gerund
	celebrando
Past participle
Masculine	celebrado			celebrados
Feminine	celebrada			celebradas
Indicative
Present	celebro	celebras	celebra	celebramos	celebrais	celebram
Imperfect	celebrava	celebravas	celebrava	celebrávamos	celebráveis	celebravam
Preterite	celebrei	celebraste	celebrou	celebramos1, celebrámos2	celebrastes	celebraram
Pluperfect	celebrara	celebraras	celebrara	celebráramos	celebráreis	celebraram
Future	celebrarei	celebrarás	celebrará	celebraremos	celebrareis	celebrarão
Conditional	celebraria	celebrarias	celebraria	celebraríamos	celebraríeis	celebrariam
Subjunctive
Present	celebre	celebres	celebre	celebremos	celebreis	celebrem
Imperfect	celebrasse	celebrasses	celebrasse	celebrássemos	celebrásseis	celebrassem
Future	celebrar	celebrares	celebrar	celebrarmos	celebrardes	celebrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		celebra	celebre	celebremos	celebrai	celebrem
Negative (não)		não celebres	não celebre	não celebremos	não celebreis	não celebrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “celebrar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin celebrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeleˈbɾaɾ/ [θe.leˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seleˈbɾaɾ/ [se.leˈβ̞ɾaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ce‧le‧brar

Verb

celebrar (first-person singular present celebro, first-person singular preterite celebré, past participle celebrado)

1. to celebrate
2. to hold, to organize (a formal event, conference, meeting etc.)
   • 2020 April 12, “Sánchez defiende su gestión ante un nuevo alud de quejas y críticas de presidentes autonómicos”, in La Vanguardia‎^[1]:

     El presidente del Gobierno, Pedro Sánchez, ha vuelto a defender su gestión de la crisis del coronavirus en la conferencia de presidentes autonómicos que, por quinto domingo consecutivo, está celebrando esta mañana.

     The Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, has once again defended his management of the coronavirus crisis at the conference of regional presidents which is being held this morning for the fifth Sunday in a row.

3. to welcome, to accept

Conjugation

    Conjugation of celebrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			celebrar
gerund			celebrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		celebrado		celebrada
		plural		celebrados		celebradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	celebro	celebrastú celebrásvos	celebra	celebramos	celebráis	celebran
	imperfect	celebraba	celebrabas	celebraba	celebrábamos	celebrabais	celebraban
	preterite	celebré	celebraste	celebró	celebramos	celebrasteis	celebraron
	future	celebraré	celebrarás	celebrará	celebraremos	celebraréis	celebrarán
	conditional	celebraría	celebrarías	celebraría	celebraríamos	celebraríais	celebrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	celebre	celebrestú celebrésvos2	celebre	celebremos	celebréis	celebren
	imperfect (ra)	celebrara	celebraras	celebrara	celebráramos	celebrarais	celebraran
	imperfect (se)	celebrase	celebrases	celebrase	celebrásemos	celebraseis	celebrasen
	future1	celebrare	celebrares	celebrare	celebráremos	celebrareis	celebraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		celebratú celebrávos	celebre	celebremos	celebrad	celebren
	negative		no celebres	no celebre	no celebremos	no celebréis	no celebren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of celebrar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive celebrar
	dative	celebrarme	celebrarte	celebrarle, celebrarse	celebrarnos	celebraros	celebrarles, celebrarse
	accusative	celebrarme	celebrarte	celebrarlo, celebrarla, celebrarse	celebrarnos	celebraros	celebrarlos, celebrarlas, celebrarse
with gerund celebrando
	dative	celebrándome	celebrándote	celebrándole, celebrándose	celebrándonos	celebrándoos	celebrándoles, celebrándose
	accusative	celebrándome	celebrándote	celebrándolo, celebrándola, celebrándose	celebrándonos	celebrándoos	celebrándolos, celebrándolas, celebrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative celebra
	dative	celébrame	celébrate	celébrale	celébranos	not used	celébrales
	accusative	celébrame	celébrate	celébralo, celébrala	celébranos	not used	celébralos, celébralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative celebrá
	dative	celebrame	celebrate	celebrale	celebranos	not used	celebrales
	accusative	celebrame	celebrate	celebralo, celebrala	celebranos	not used	celebralos, celebralas
with formal second-person singular imperative celebre
	dative	celébreme	not used	celébrele, celébrese	celébrenos	not used	celébreles
	accusative	celébreme	not used	celébrelo, celébrela, celébrese	celébrenos	not used	celébrelos, celébrelas
with first-person plural imperative celebremos
	dative	not used	celebrémoste	celebrémosle	celebrémonos	celebrémoos	celebrémosles
	accusative	not used	celebrémoste	celebrémoslo, celebrémosla	celebrémonos	celebrémoos	celebrémoslos, celebrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative celebrad
	dative	celebradme	not used	celebradle	celebradnos	celebraos	celebradles
	accusative	celebradme	not used	celebradlo, celebradla	celebradnos	celebraos	celebradlos, celebradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative celebren
	dative	celébrenme	not used	celébrenle	celébrennos	not used	celébrenles, celébrense
	accusative	celébrenme	not used	celébrenlo, celébrenla	celébrennos	not used	celébrenlos, celébrenlas, celébrense

Related terms

• celebración
• célebre
• celebridad

 

Further reading

• “celebrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014