La Palabra Del Día: "festejar"
festejar ( feh-steh-hahr' )
verb ( to celebrate )
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Examples:
1: ¡Ganamos! ¡A festejar, compañeros!
We won! Time to celebrate, guys!
2: ¿Dónde vas a festejar tu cumpleaños este año?
Where are you going to celebrate your birthday this year?
12 Answers
Cuando festejaron la boda de William y Kate algunos periodistas le compararon con la boda de Cenicienta y se burlaron de unos participantes.
When the wedding of William and Kate was celebrated some journalists compared it with the wedding of Cinderella and made fun of some participants.
No quiero tener festejar mi próximo cumpleaños
ya que se está demasiado cerca al cumpleaños final.
I do not want to celebrate my next birthday
because it is getting too close to the final birthday.
No pienso así realmente.
I do not think like this really.
Me parece que en España, tienen algo que festejar cada fin de semana.
It seems to me that in Spain, they have something to celebrate every weekend.
El equipo festejo su victoria por vertimiento de vertiendo Gatorade sobre la cabeza del entrenador.
The team celebrated their victory by dumping Gatorade over the coach's head.
I will celebrate each new day I am given.
Festejaré cada día nuevo que me da.
A mi esposa le gusta festejar cada día, y cree que siempre es posible encontrar algo para celebrar- hoy, por ejemplo, es el día nacional de Chop Suey.
My wife likes to celebrate every day, and believes that it is always possible to find something to celebrate- today, for example, is National Chop Suey Day
Las jugadoras de la selección nacional femenina de hockey sobre césped de Argentina, Las Leonas, festejan su clasificación a los Juegos Olímpicos de Río.
The players of the women's national field hockey team of Argentina, Las Leonas (The Lionesses), celebrate their qualification for the Olympic Games in Rio.
Ryan Murphy, nadador para el equipo de natación de los Estados Unidos, tiene motivo para festejar después de se hubo ganado haber ganado or ganar tres medallas de oro en los Juegos Olímpicos en Río.
Ryan Murphy, swimmer for the United States swimming team, has reason to celebrate after he earned three gold medals at the Olympic games in Rio.
Una de mis fiestas favoritas se acerca, y no puedo esperar para festejar Halloween.
One of my favorite holidays is approaching, and I can't wait to celebrate Halloween.
Festejaron el triunfo. / They celebrated the victory.
Yo festejé mi último cumpleaños por bautismo.
I celebrated my last birthday through baptism.
Creo que la gente necesita ocasiones para festejar. Hay muchas de estas: las Navidades, el Año Nuevo, los cumpleaños, los compromisos, las bodas, los nacimientos, el fin de los examenes, dejando el colegio, ganando un juego y mucho más. ¡Se puede estar en una fiesta todas las semanas!
I think people need occasions to celebrate. There are many of these: Christmas, New Year, birthdays, engagements, weddings, births, the end of exams, leaving school, winning a game and many more. One could be at a party every week!
