festinar

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /festiˈnar/

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of festinar

		present		past		future
infinitive		festinar		festinir		festinor
tense		festinas		festinis		festinos
conditional		festinus
imperative		festinez
adjective active participle		festinanta		festininta		festinonta
adverbial active participle		festinante		festininte		festinonte
nominal active participle	singular	festinanto		festininto		festinonto
	plural	festinanti		festininti		festinonti

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin festīnāre (“to hurry”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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}}.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of festinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			festinar
gerund			festinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		festinado		festinada
		plural		festinados		festinadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	festino	festinastú festinásvos	festina	festinamos	festináis	festinan
	imperfect	festinaba	festinabas	festinaba	festinábamos	festinabais	festinaban
	preterite	festiné	festinaste	festinó	festinamos	festinasteis	festinaron
	future	festinaré	festinarás	festinará	festinaremos	festinaréis	festinarán
	conditional	festinaría	festinarías	festinaría	festinaríamos	festinaríais	festinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	festine	festinestú festinésvos2	festine	festinemos	festinéis	festinen
	imperfect (ra)	festinara	festinaras	festinara	festináramos	festinarais	festinaran
	imperfect (se)	festinase	festinases	festinase	festinásemos	festinaseis	festinasen
	future1	festinare	festinares	festinare	festináremos	festinareis	festinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		festinatú festinávos	festine	festinemos	festinad	festinen
	negative		no festines	no festine	no festinemos	no festinéis	no festinen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “festinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10