celebrar

celebrar

1. to celebrate

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Borrowed from Latin celebrāre. First attested in the 14th century.[1]

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

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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)

• celebrant

• “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.

From Latin celebrō.

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

1. to celebrate

• celebración

• “celebrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “celebrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Borrowed from Latin celebrāre.

• Hyphenation: ce‧le‧brar

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

1. to celebrate (all senses)

   Synonym: festejar

• “celebrar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Borrowed from Latin celebrāre.

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

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

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:

     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

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