festar

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto festi.

Verb

festar (present tense festas, past tense festis, future tense festos, imperative festez, conditional festus)

1. to party, to celebrate

Conjugation

Conjugation of festar

		present		past		future
infinitive		festar		festir		festor
tense		festas		festis		festos
conditional		festus		—		—
imperative		festez		—		—
adjective active participle		festanta		festinta		festonta
adverbial active participle		festante		festinte		festonte
nominal active participle	singular	festanto		festinto		festonto
	plural	festanti		festinti		festonti

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

festar m

1. indefinite plural of fest

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸʲes.t̪əɾ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈɸʲes.t̪aɾ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈɸʲes.t̪əɾ]

Verb

·festar

1. third-person singular present subjunctive/future prototonic of ro·finnadar

Derived terms

• con·festar

Mutation

Mutation of ·festar

radical	lenition	nasalization
·festar	·ḟestar	·festar pronounced with /β̃ʲ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fesˈta(ʁ)/ [fesˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fesˈta(ʁ)/ [fesˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fesˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /feʃˈta(ʁ)/ [feʃˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fesˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨʃˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨʃˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨʃˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: fes‧tar

Verb

festar (first-person singular present festo, first-person singular preterite festei, past participle festado)

1. (intransitive) to party (to celebrate at a party)

   Synonym: festejar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of festar (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	festar
Personal	festar	festares	festar	festarmos	festardes	festarem
Gerund
	festando
Past participle
Masculine	festado			festados
Feminine	festada			festadas
Indicative
Present	festo	festas	festa	festamos	festais	festam
Imperfect	festava	festavas	festava	festávamos	festáveis	festavam
Preterite	festei	festaste	festou	festamos1, festámos2	festastes	festaram
Pluperfect	festara	festaras	festara	festáramos	festáreis	festaram
Future	festarei	festarás	festará	festaremos	festareis	festarão
Conditional	festaria	festarias	festaria	festaríamos	festaríeis	festariam
Subjunctive
Present	feste	festes	feste	festemos	festeis	festem
Imperfect	festasse	festasses	festasse	festássemos	festásseis	festassem
Future	festar	festares	festar	festarmos	festardes	festarem
Imperative
Affirmative		festa	feste	festemos	festai	festem
Negative (não)		não festes	não feste	não festemos	não festeis	não festem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “festar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “festar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Swedish

Verb

festar

1. present indicative of festa

Anagrams

• faster, safter