festejar

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to celebrate
  2. (Latin-America, uncommon) to beat mercilessly

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
fes‧te‧jar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/festeˈxaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Probably borrowed from Catalan festejar, replacing the Old Spanish festear, both from Vulgar Latin *festizāre.

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