fiesta de cumpleaños sorpresa
/fjesta de kumpleaɲos soɾpɾesa/from spelling rules
The English phrase "surprise birthday party" is translated into Spanish as fiesta de cumpleaños sorpresa.
This phrase refers to a birthday celebration planned for someone without their knowledge. When describing the act of planning such an event, you can use the verbs organizar (to organize) or preparar (to prepare) with the phrase.
Which one should you use?
While fiesta de cumpleaños sorpresa is the full way to say surprise birthday party, you may encounter the shorter version cumple sorpresa in casual conversation, which translates to "surprise birthday".
How does it change in a sentence?
In Spanish, the adjective sorpresa follows the noun phrase it modifies.
Did you know?
- The word cumpleaños is actually a combination of the verb cumplir, meaning 'to fulfill', and the noun años, meaning 'years'.
- In many Spanish-speaking cultures, a surprise party often involves more than just the guest of honor, frequently including a larger extended family or even neighbors than a typical American 'surprise' might.
- The word fiesta is unusual because it kept its Latin 'f' sound, whereas most other Spanish words starting with 'f' evolved into an 'h' sound over time.
Examples in context
- Tom está planeando una fiesta de cumpleaños sorpresa para Mary.Tom is planning a surprise birthday party for Mary.This sentence is useful for showing how to use the phrase fiesta de cumpleaños sorpresa in a sentence.Tatoeba #1783090 by hayastan, translation #1028518 by CK
- Vamos a organizar una fiesta sorpresa de cumpleaños para Ana en su casa. Será una noche llena de risas, música y mucha diversiónWe are going to organize a surprise birthday party for Ana at her house. It will be a night full of laughter, music, and lots of fun
- Queremos organizar una fiesta de cumpleaños sorpresa para él.We want to organize a surprise birthday party for him.
- La fiesta de cumpleaños sorpresa fue un gran éxito.The surprise birthday party was a great success.
Example conversation
Mateo and Elena are planning a secret event.
- MateoVamos a hacer una fiesta de cumpleaños sorpresa.We are going to throw a surprise birthday party.
- Elena¡Me encanta la idea, Mateo!I love the idea, Mateo!
- Mateo¿Cuándo podemos hacer la fiesta de cumpleaños sorpresa?When can we have the surprise birthday party?
- ElenaEl próximo viernes es perfecto.Next Friday is perfect.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries cumpleaños, de, fiesta, sorpresa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
