festejar
Meaning
- (transitive) to celebrate
- (Latin-America, uncommon) to beat mercilessly
Concepts
Synonyms
moler a palos
dar la biaba
celebrar una fiesta
Translations
Frequency
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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