Translation
to congratulate
Word origin
From Latin gratulari ('to wish joy'), from gratus, pleasing or thankful. The same root sits under English grateful and grace.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- gratulari
- English cognates
- congratulate, grateful, grace
Examples
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I congratulate you on your new house.
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Everyone congratulated the young couple.
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She congratulated me on my good idea.
You congratulate the person directly and name the reason with pro: pro sukceso. The bare exclamation is on!, an accusative of the noun, which is why it wears an -n with no visible verb.
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