Meaning
to celebrate
- to party, celebrate joyfully
In a sentence
Stasera festeggiamo il tuo compleanno con una pizza.
Tonight we're celebrating your birthday with pizza.
Avete festeggiato la promozione con gli amici?
Did you celebrate the promotion with your friends?
Non voglio festeggiare da solo, vieni anche tu.
I don't want to celebrate alone, come too.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| festeggiare | infinitive |
| festeggiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| festeggio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| festeggiate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| festeggi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| festeggiano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| festeggia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| festeggiavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| festeggiavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| festeggiavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| festeggiavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| festeggiavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| festeggiava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| festeggiammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| festeggiai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| festeggiaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| festeggiasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| festeggiarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| festeggiò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| festeggeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| festeggerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| festeggerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| festeggerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| festeggeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| festeggerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| festeggiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| festeggi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| festeggiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| festeggi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| festeggino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| festeggi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| festeggiassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| festeggiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| festeggiaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| festeggiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| festeggiassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| festeggiasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| festeggeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| festeggerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| festeggereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| festeggeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| festeggerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| festeggerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| festeggiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| festeggiate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| festeggia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| festeggiando | gerund |
| festeggiato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use festeggiare for birthdays, holidays, wins, and milestones. For a formal ceremony, celebrare is often more official.
- It can take a direct object: festeggiare il compleanno, festeggiare una vittoria. English speakers often overuse per after it.
- For 'party hard,' Italians also say fare festa or fare baldoria. Festeggiare is broader and works in neutral contexts.