mi cumpleaños es en diciembre
/mi kumpleaɲos es en diθjembɾe/from spelling rules
To say "my birthday is in December" in Spanish, use mi cumpleaños es en diciembre.
This phrase is used to state that the month of your birth is December.
How does it change in a sentence?
The noun cumpleaños is a masculine compound noun. Additionally, remember that months in Spanish, such as diciembre, are not capitalized unless they appear at the beginning of a sentence.
How do you pronounce it?
/mi kumpleaɲos es en diθjembɾe/
Did you know?
- In many Spanish-speaking cultures, it is common to celebrate the 'cumpleaños' with a tradition called la mordida, where the birthday person's face is pushed into the cake.
- Even though diciembre is the twelfth month of the year, it is etymologically linked to the Latin word for 'ten'.
- While the word cumpleaños refers to the date of birth, it is also used as a noun to describe the actual party or celebration.
Examples in context
- ¡Mi cumpleaños es en diciembre! ¡Qué emoción!My birthday is in December! How exciting!
- Quería informarles que mi cumpleaños es en diciembre.I wanted to inform you that my birthday is in December.
- No lo olvides, mi cumpleaños es en diciembre.Don't forget, my birthday is in December.
- Siempre celebro algo porque mi cumpleaños es en diciembre.I always celebrate something because my birthday is in December.
Example conversation
Lucía and Mateo are talking about their birth months.
- Lucía¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños, Mateo?When is your birthday, Mateo?
- MateoMi cumpleaños es en octubre, ¿y el tuyo?My birthday is in October, and yours?
- LucíaEl mío es distinto, mi cumpleaños es en diciembre.Mine is different, my birthday is in December.
- Mateo¡Qué bien! Casi es Navidad.That's great! It's almost Christmas.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries cumpleaños, diciembre, en, es, mi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
