festinar

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

• IPA^(key): /festiˈnar/

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

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

    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

From Latin festīnāre (“to hurry”).

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

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}}.

• “festinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28