How to Say “Congratulations on Your Wedding Day” in Spanish

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felicidades por tu boda
/feliθidades poɾ tu boda/from spelling rules
In Spanish, the phrase for "congratulations on your wedding day" is felicidades por tu boda.
This phrase is used to express happiness and good wishes to someone who is getting married. Note that the word felicidades is very versatile in Spanish and can be used for many different celebrations, such as birthdays or anniversaries, not just weddings.

What does it mean word for word?

Literally, felicidades por tu boda translates to "happiness for your wedding."

Which one should you use?

While felicidades is a common way to offer congratulations, you can also use enhorabuena to sound more formal and sophisticated. For example, ¡Enhorabuena por tu boda! is a slightly more elevated way to express the same sentiment.

Is it said differently in some regions?

Regional variations include ¡Felicidades por su casamiento! in Argentina, ¡Felicitaciones por su boda! in Colombia and ¡Felicitaciones por su matrimonio! in Chile.

How does it change in a sentence?

When addressing the couple, you can change the possessive adjective to adjust the level of respect. Use su instead of tu (as in felicidades por su boda) to be more formal or respectful when addressing the couple.

How do you pronounce it?

/feliθidades poɾ tu boda/

Did you know?

  • The formal alternative enhorabuena literally means 'in good hour'. It implies that the wedding is happening at the most auspicious and lucky moment possible.
  • In a traditional Spanish wedding, guests often avoid saying just felicidades and instead use the phrase vivan los novios to cheer for the couple, meaning 'long live the bride and groom'.
  • The word boda is actually a linguistic descendant of the Latin word for 'vows', specifically the plural vōta.

Examples in context

  • ¡Felicidades por tu boda!
    Congratulations on your wedding!
  • Te deseo muchas felicidades por tu boda.
    I wish you many congratulations on your wedding.
  • Muchas felicidades por tu boda y mucha suerte.
    Many congratulations on your wedding and much luck.

Example conversation

Elena meets Alejandro at his wedding reception.

  1. Elena

    ¡Hola Alejandro, felicidades por tu boda!
    Hello Alejandro, congratulations on your wedding!
  2. Alejandro

    Muchas gracias, Elena, qué bueno verte.
    Thank you very much, Elena, it is good to see you.
  3. Elena

    Te ves muy feliz hoy.
    You look very happy today.
  4. Alejandro

    Sí, es un día increíble.
    Yes, it is an incredible day.

Sources

  • IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
  • Word origins: Wiktionary entries boda, por, tu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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