festeggiare

Italian

Etymology

festa (holiday”, “celebration) + -eggiare (verbalizing suffix). Cognate with French festoyer, Catalan, Occitan, and Portuguese festejar, Old Spanish festear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fes.tedˈd͡ʒa.re/, [fes̪t̪edˈd͡ʒäːr̺e̞]
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Stress: festeggiàre
  • Hyphenation: fe‧steg‧gia‧re

Verb

festeggiare

  1. (transitive) To celebrate.

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