felicidades
/feliθiˈðaðes/
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Translation
congratulations, happy birthday
Word origin
Plural of felicidad ('happiness'), from Latin felicitas ('good fortune'), from felix ('happy, lucky'). The same root gives English 'felicity' and 'felicitate'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- felicitas
- English cognates
- felicity, felicitate
Examples
¡ !
Congratulations on your new job!
, ¡!
Today is your birthday, happy birthday!
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We congratulated her on the prize.
¡ !
Congratulations to you both on the wedding!
, mereces .
Many congratulations, you really deserve it.
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