festeggiare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *festidiāre. By surface analysis, festa (“holiday, celebration”) + -eggiare (verb-forming suffix). Compare French festoyer.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
festeggiàre (first-person singular present festéggio, first-person singular past historic festeggiài, past participle festeggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to celebrate
- (transitive) to welcome warmly
- (intransitive) to celebrate, to party [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to celebrate, to show joy [auxiliary avere]
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of festeggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)