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 -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, no account needed. Type the form, then press Enter or tap Check.
yo: celebro, tú: celebras, él: celebra, nosotros: celebramos, vosotros: celebráis, ellos: celebran
The past participle is celebrado (he celebrado) and the gerund is celebrando (estoy celebrando).
Verbs that are easy to confuse with celebrar or that behave like it.
Celebrar is on the AQA, Edexcel and Eduqas GCSE Spanish vocabulary lists. Compare the exam boards.
Written by Daniel Holmes for GCSE & A-Level Spanish students.