celebridad
/θelebɾiˈdad/ · B2 · noun · f
celebrity
🌟 celebridad = celebr(ate) + dad: everyone celebrates this famous person
Spanish celebridad comes from Latin celebritas, meaning 'fame, crowd, festival'. It shares a root with English celebrate: a famous person is someone people gather around and celebrate. Ending -dad matches English -ty, as in fame-ty → celebrity.