felicidades por tu graduación
/feliθidades poɾ tu ɡɾadwaθjon/from spelling rules
felicidades por tu graduación is the Spanish phrase for congratulations on your graduation.
This phrase is used to express praise and good wishes to someone who has completed their studies.
Which one should you use?
While felicidades por tu graduación is a common way to offer congratulations, you can also use enhorabuena por tu graduación to express congratulations for a specific achievement like a graduation, as enhorabuena is considered a more formal and sophisticated way to express congratulations than felicidades.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Mexico, ¡Felicidades por tu graduación! is used to say congratulations on graduation.
How do you pronounce it?
/feliθidades poɾ tu ɡɾadwaθjon/
What mistakes should you avoid?
Avoid saying felicidades en tu graduación. English speakers often mistakenly use the preposition en (in) instead of por (for/on) when translating this phrase.
Did you know?
- The phrase enhorabuena literally breaks down into en hora buena, meaning 'in a good hour'. It implies that the person graduated at the most auspicious moment possible.
- In many Spanish-speaking cultures, a graduation celebration often includes the 'manteo', where the graduate is tossed in the air by friends.
- In many Spanish-speaking countries, a graduation is not just a school event but a fiesta involving extended family and godparents. Congratulating the graduate often involves a formal gift from the padrinos.
Examples in context
- Felicidades por tu graduación.Congratulations on your graduation.This sentence is useful for practicing the phrase felicidades por tu graduación.Tatoeba #8312747 by arh, translation #8311747 by CK
- ¡Felicidades por tu graduación, de verdad lo lograste!Congratulations on your graduation, you really did it!
- Muchas felicidades por tu graduación y por tus logros.Many congratulations on your graduation and your achievements.
Example conversation
Daniel and Sofía meet at a coffee shop to celebrate.
- Daniel¡Sofía, felicidades por tu graduación!Sofía, congratulations on your graduation!
- Sofía¡Muchas gracias, Daniel!Thank you so much, Daniel!
- DanielEstoy muy orgulloso de ti.I am very proud of you.
- SofíaEres muy amable, gracias por venir.You are very kind, thanks for coming.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
