B1🔤 Letters B & C
Italian word
celebrare
to celebrate; also to officiate (a wedding or religious ceremony)
Looks like
celebrate
to mark a special occasion with festivities
⚠️ The trap
Celebrare is close to 'celebrate' but in Italian it has a strong official/religious sense — a priest or official 'celebrates' (officiates) a ceremony. In English 'celebrate' is rarely used this formally.
To say "to mark a special occasion with festivities" in Italian:
celebrare (near-equivalent with extra ecclesiastical meaning)
"celebrare" in English means:
to celebrate; also to officiate (a wedding or religious ceremony)
Example
"Il prete celebra la messa ogni domenica."
"The priest celebrates Mass every Sunday."
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