festinar

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French festiner, or else from festino +‎ -ar. Compare Esperanto festeni.

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Verb

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festinar (present tense festinas, past tense festinis, future tense festinos, imperative festinez, conditional festinus)

  1. (intransitive) to feast
  2. (intransitive) to banquet

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin festīnāre (to hurry).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /festiˈnaɾ/ [fes.t̪iˈnaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: fes‧ti‧nar

Verb

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festinar (first-person singular present festino, first-person singular preterite festiné, past participle festinado)

  1. to speed up
  2. (transitive, Chile, Dominican Republic) to minimize, to downplay a matter or event
  3. (transitive, Ecuador) Synonym of malversar
  4. (transitive, dated, obsolete, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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