festonear

Spanish

Etymology

From festón +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /festoneˈaɾ/ [fes.t̪o.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fes‧to‧ne‧ar

Verb

festonear (first-person singular present festoneo, first-person singular preterite festoneé, past participle festoneado)

1. (transitive) to festoon
   • 2015 October 5, “Extrarradio a examen”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Está canalizada, hay puentes, pero la festonea la carretera; no se ha hecho un parque fluvial, sino un estorbo sin paisaje.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of festonear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			festonear
gerund			festoneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		festoneado		festoneada
		plural		festoneados		festoneadas
		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	festoneo	festoneastú festoneásvos	festonea	festoneamos	festoneáis	festonean
	imperfect	festoneaba	festoneabas	festoneaba	festoneábamos	festoneabais	festoneaban
	preterite	festoneé	festoneaste	festoneó	festoneamos	festoneasteis	festonearon
	future	festonearé	festonearás	festoneará	festonearemos	festonearéis	festonearán
	conditional	festonearía	festonearías	festonearía	festonearíamos	festonearíais	festonearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	festonee	festoneestú festoneésvos2	festonee	festoneemos	festoneéis	festoneen
	imperfect (ra)	festoneara	festonearas	festoneara	festoneáramos	festonearais	festonearan
	imperfect (se)	festonease	festoneases	festonease	festoneásemos	festoneaseis	festoneasen
	future1	festoneare	festoneares	festoneare	festoneáremos	festoneareis	festonearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		festoneatú festoneávos	festonee	festoneemos	festonead	festoneen
	negative		no festonees	no festonee	no festoneemos	no festoneéis	no festoneen

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

Further reading

• “festonear”, 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