Celebrar is a regular -ar verb in Spanish.
Practice celebrar free →Celebrar means 'to celebrate', and it is a regular -ar verb at home in the festivals, family and free-time topics. Celebramos mi cumpleaños (we celebrate my birthday), ¿cómo celebras la Navidad? (how do you celebrate Christmas?). Because festivals and special occasions are a reliable exam topic — and invite past tenses (what you did), present (what you usually do) and future (your plans) — celebrar is well suited to developed answers with tense range. As a regular -ar verb the conjugation is straightforward, so you can focus on rich descriptions of how you celebrate.
Quick facts
Celebrar (to celebrate) is a regular -ar verb.
Real sentences across different tenses — the kind of thing you'd actually say or write.
Celebramos mi cumpleaños (we celebrate my birthday).
¿Cómo celebras la Navidad? (how do you celebrate Christmas?).
Invites present, past and future — great for developed answers.
Useful across the festivals topic.
Fixed expressions worth knowing — they come up in listening, reading and writing tasks.
Idiomatic expressions
Celebrar is a regular verb. Make sure you know the endings for each tense — especially the preterite and subjunctive, which is where marks are most often lost.
celebrar is a regular -ar verb — it follows the standard -ar pattern in every tense. That makes it a good one to drill: if you know celebrar, you know the template for all regular -ar verbs.
Type conjugations from memory and get instant feedback. That's how you actually build the automatic recall the exam needs — not from reading tables.
Practice celebrar now →Three questions. Press Enter to check each answer.
yo: celebro, tú: celebras, él: celebra, nosotros: celebramos, vosotros: celebráis, ellos: celebran
Celebrar is a regular -ar verb following the standard -ar pattern.
Use celebrar in multiple tenses to show range — present, preterite and future at minimum. This is a key criterion for higher GCSE marks.
Verbs that are easy to confuse with celebrar or that behave like it.
This reference is written for UK GCSE and A-Level Spanish learners and their teachers. It is designed for exam revision: every form is checked against standard conjugation rules, and the examples reflect the registers and topics that come up in the AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas specifications. Celebrar is a high-frequency verb and appears often in exam papers. For active recall, use the free practice tool rather than only reading the tables.