festejar Future Conjugation
festejar — to celebrate
Festejaré (yo), festejarás (tú), festejará (él/ella/usted), festejaremos (nosotros), festejaréis (vosotros), festejarán (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
festejar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use the future tense to talk about celebrations that *will* happen. It can also express probability or conjecture about future celebrations.
Notes on festejar in the Future
Festejar is regular in the future tense. The future stem is the infinitive 'festejar', and the standard future endings are added.
Example Sentences
El próximo año festejaremos nuestra boda en la playa.
Next year we will celebrate our wedding on the beach.
nosotros
Seguro que festejarán el ascenso de su jefe.
Surely they will celebrate their boss's promotion.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Mañana festejaremos tu graduación.
Tomorrow we will celebrate your graduation.
nosotros
Él festejará su cumpleaños en Madrid.
He will celebrate his birthday in Madrid.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the present tense 'festejamos' to talk about a future event.
Correct: Use 'festejaremos' for future celebrations.
Why: The future tense is specifically for actions that will occur later.
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on future forms like 'festejará'.
Correct: Forms like 'festejará' and 'festejarán' require an accent on the final vowel.
Why: The accent indicates the stressed syllable in these future forms.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: festejo
Festejo (yo), festejas (tú), festeja (él/ella/usted), festejamos (nosotros), festejáis (vosotros), festejan (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
Preterite
yo: festejé
Festejé (yo), festejaste (tú), festejó (él/ella/usted), festejamos (nosotros), festejasteis (vosotros), festejaron (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
Imperfect
yo: festejaba
Festejaba (yo/él/ella/usted), festejabas (tú), festejábamos (nosotros), festejabais (vosotros), festejaban (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
Conditional
yo: festejaría
Festejaría (yo/él/ella/usted), festejarías (tú), festejaríamos (nosotros), festejaríais (vosotros), festejarían (ellos/ellas/ustedes).
Present Subjunctive
yo: festeje
Festeje (yo/él/ella/usted), festejes (tú), festejemos (nosotros), festejen (ellos/ellas/ustedes/vosotros).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: festejara
The imperfect subjunctive of festejar has two forms: festejara/festejaras/festejara/festejáramos/festejarais/festejaran and festejase/festejases/festejase/festejásemos/festejaseis/festejasen.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: festeja
Festeja (tú), festeje (usted), festejemos (nosotros), festejen (ustedes), festejad (vosotros).
Negative Imperative
yo: no festejes
No festejes (tú), no festeje (usted), no festejemos (nosotros), no festejen (ustedes), no festejéis (vosotros).