¿es tu cumpleaños?
In Spanish, "is it your birthday?" is said as ¿es tu cumpleaños?
This phrase is used to ask if today is the anniversary of a person's birth.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Mexico, it is common to ask ¿Cumples años? or ¿Estás de cumpleaños? to inquire about someone's birthday. In Argentina, a typical way to ask this is ¿Cumplís años?
How does it change in a sentence?
The noun cumpleaños is invariable, which means it stays the same in both singular and plural forms. When speaking formally, replace the possessive adjective tu with su to get ¿es su cumpleaños?
Did you know?
- In many Spanish-speaking cultures, it is customary to sing Las Mañanitas instead of the standard 'Happy Birthday' song to celebrate someone's day.
- The word cumpleaños literally translates to 'fulfills years', suggesting that a birthday is the act of a person completing a cycle of years.
- In some Latin American countries, a person's fifteenth birthday is celebrated with a Quinceañera, a massive event that far exceeds the scale of a typical birthday party.
Example conversation
Mateo sees María wearing a colorful party hat.
- MateoMaría, ¿es tu cumpleaños?María, is it your birthday?
- María¡Sí! ¡Gracias por preguntar!Yes! Thanks for asking!
- Mateo¡Qué bien! Muchas felicidades.That's great! Congratulations.
- MaríaMuchas gracias, Mateo.Thank you very much, Mateo.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries cumpleaños, es, tu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
