celebrar

See also: ċelebrar

Aragonese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin celebrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeleˈbɾa(ɾ)/, (Benasque:) /seleˈbɾa(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: ce‧le‧brar
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

celebrar

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			celebrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		celebrau, celebrato		celebrada, celebrata
		plural		celebraus, celebratos		celebradas, celebratas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	celebro	celebras	celebra	celebramos	celebraz	celebran
	imperfect	celebraba, celebrabe	celebrabas	celebraba	celebrabanos	celebrabaz	celebraban
	preterite	celebré	celebrés	celebró	celebremos	celebrez	celebroron, celebrón
	future	celebraré	celebrarás	celebrará	celebraremos	celebrarez	celebrarán
	conditional	celebraría	celebrarías	celebraría	celebraríanos	celebraríaz	celebrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	celebre	celebres	celebre	celebremos	celebrez	celebren
	imperfect	celebrase	celebrases	celebrase	celebrasenos	celebrasez	celebrasen
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vusatros vusatras	—
		—	celebra	—	—	celebraz	—

Derived terms

• celebrando

Related terms

• celebración
• celebrador
• celebre
• celebridat

References

• “celebrar”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “celebrar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θeleˈbɾaɾ/ [θe.leˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ce‧le‧brar

Verb

celebrar (first-person singular indicative present celebro, past participle celebráu)

1. to celebrate

Conjugation

Conjugation of celebrar

infinitive		celebrar
gerund		celebrando
past participle		m celebráu, f celebrada, n celebrao, m pl celebraos, f pl celebraes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	celebro	celebres	celebra	celebramos	celebráis	celebren
	imperfect	celebraba	celebrabes	celebraba	celebrábemos, celebrábamos	celebrabeis, celebrabais	celebraben
	preterite	celebré	celebrasti, celebresti	celebró	celebremos	celebrastis, celebrestis	celebraron
	pluperfect	celebrare, celebrara	celebrares, celebraras	celebrare, celebrara	celebráremos, celebráramos	celebrareis, celebrarais	celebraren, celebraran
	future	celebraré	celebrarás	celebrará	celebraremos	celebraréis	celebrarán
	conditional	celebraría	celebraríes	celebraría	celebraríemos, celebraríamos	celebraríeis, celebraríais	celebraríen
subjunctive	present	celebre	celebres, celebras	celebre	celebremos	celebréis	celebren, celebran
	imperfect	celebrare, celebrara	celebrares, celebraras	celebrare, celebrara	celebráremos, celebráramos	celebrareis, celebrarais	celebraren, celebraran
imperative		—	celebra	—	—	celebrái	—

Related terms

• celebración

Further reading

• Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). →ISBN.

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): (Valencia) [se.leˈbɾaɾ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

celebrar (first-person singular present celebro, first-person singular preterite celebrí, past participle celebrat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, 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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “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 (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “celebrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “celebrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “celebrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “celebrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Interlingua

Verb

celebrar

1. to celebrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of celebrar

infinitive		celebrar
participle		present	perfect
		celebrante	celebrate
active		simple	perfect
	present	celebra	ha celebrate
	past	celebrava	habeva celebrate
	future	celebrara	habera celebrate
	conditional	celebrarea	haberea celebrate
	imperative	celebra	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es celebrate	ha essite celebrate
	past	esseva celebrate	habeva essite celebrate
	future	essera celebrate	habera essite celebrate
	conditional	esserea celebrate	haberea essite celebrate
	imperative	sia celebrate	—

Related terms

• celebration

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

celebrar

1. to celebrate

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		celebrar			aver celebrat
gerund		celebrant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		celebrat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	celebri	celebras	celebra	celebram	celebratz	celebran
	imperfect	celebravi	celebravas	celebrava	celebràvem	celebràvetz	celebravan
	preterite	celebrèri	celebrères	celebrèt	celebrèrem	celebrèretz	celebrèron
	future	celebrarai	celebraràs	celebrarà	celebrarem	celebraretz	celebraràn
	conditional	celebrariái	celebrariás	celebrariá	celebrariam	celebrariatz	celebrarián
	conditional 2nd form1	celebrèra	celebrèras	celebrèra	celebreram	celebreratz	celebrèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	celebre	celebres	celebre	celebrem	celebretz	celebren
	imperfect	celebrèssi	celebrèsses	celebrèsse	celebrèssem	celebrèssetz	celebrèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			celebra		celebrem	celebratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		celebrar			aver celebrat
gerund		celebrant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		celebrat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	celebre	celebres	celebra	celebram	celebratz	celebron
	imperfect	celebrave	celebraves	celebrava	celebraviam	celebraviatz	celebravon
	preterite	celebrere	celebreres	celebret	celebrem	celebretz	celebreron
	future	celebrarai	celebraràs	celebrará	celebrarem	celebraretz	celebrarán
	conditional	celebrariá	celebrariás	celebrariá	celebrariam	celebrariatz	celebrarián
	conditional 2nd form1	celebrèra	celebrèras	celebrèra	celebreram	celebreratz	celebrèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	celebre	celebres	celebre	celebrassiam	celebrassiatz	celebron
	imperfect	celebresse	celebresses	celebresse	celebressiam	celebressiatz	celebresson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			celebra		celebrassiam	celebratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		celebrar			aver celebrat
gerund		celebrant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		celebrat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	celebri	celebras	celebra	celebram	celebratz	celebran
	imperfect	celebravi	celebravas	celebrava	celebràvam	celebràvatz	celebravan
	preterite	celebrèi	celebrès	celebrè	celebrèm	celebrètz	celebrèn
	future	celebrarèi	celebraràs	celebrarà	celebraram	celebraratz	celebraràn
	conditional	celebrarí	celebrarés	celebraré	celebrarem	celebraretz	celebrarén
	conditional 2nd form1	celebrèra	celebrèras	celebrèra	celebreram	celebreratz	celebrèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	celebri	celebres	celebre	celebrem	celebretz	celebren
	imperfect	celebrèssi	celebrèsses	celebrèsse	celebrèssem	celebrèssetz	celebrèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			celebra		celebrem	celebratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		celebrar			aver celebrat
gerund		celebrant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		celebrat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	celebre	celebras	celebra	celebram	celebratz	celebran
	imperfect	celebrava	celebravas	celebrava	celebràvam	celebràvatz	celebravan
	preterite	celebrei	celebreras	celebret	celebrèram	celebrèratz	celebreran
	future	celebrarai	celebraràs	celebrará	celebrarem	celebraretz	celebrarán
	conditional	celebrariá	celebrariàs	celebrariá	celebrariam	celebrariatz	celebrarián
	conditional 2nd form1	celebrèra	celebrèras	celebrèra	celebreram	celebreratz	celebrèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	celebre	celebres	celebre	celebrem	celebretz	celebren
	imperfect	celebrèsse	celebrèsses	celebrèsse	celebrèssem	celebrèssetz	celebrèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			celebra		celebrem	celebratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		celebrar			aver celebrat
gerund		celebrant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		celebrat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	celebre	celebres	celebra	celebram	celebratz	celebran
	imperfect	celebravi	celebravas	celebrava	celebràvem	celebràvetz	celebravan
	preterite	celebrère	celebrères	celebrèt	celebreriam	celebreriatz	celebrèron
	future	celebrarai	celebraràs	celebrarà	celebrarem	celebraretz	celebraràn
	conditional	celebrariáu	celebrariás	celebrariá	celebrariam	celebrariatz	celebrarián
	conditional 2nd form1	celebrèra	celebrèras	celebrèra	celebreram	celebreratz	celebrèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	celebre	celebres	celebre	celebrem	celebretz	celebran
	imperfect	celebrèsse	celebrèsses	celebrèsse	celebressiam	celebressiatz	celebrèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			celebra		celebrem	celebratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• celebracion

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 162.

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 iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “celebrar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “celebrar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “celebrar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “celebrar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “celebrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin celebrāre.

Pronunciation

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

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• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10