gracias por las felicitaciones de cumpleaños
/ɡɾaθjas poɾ las feliθitaθjones de kumpleaɲos/from spelling rules
The English phrase "thank you for your birthday wishes" can be translated into Spanish as gracias por las felicitaciones de cumpleaños.
This phrase is used to express gratitude to people who have congratulated someone on their birthday.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase gracias por las felicitaciones de cumpleaños literally translates to "thanks for the congratulations of birthday".
How does it change in a sentence?
The phrase gracias por las felicitaciones de cumpleaños uses the article las (the). If you replace las with tus (your) to say gracias por tus felicitaciones de cumpleaños, the phrase becomes more personal and direct when addressing a specific person.
How do you pronounce it?
/ɡɾaθjas poɾ las feliθitaθjones de kumpleaɲos/
Did you know?
- In some Latin American countries, a birthday celebration involves 'la mordida', where guests push the birthday person's face into the cake after they say gracias.
- In many Spanish-speaking cultures, it is customary for the birthday person to treat their guests to cake or drinks rather than receiving treats from others.
- The word cumpleaños is a verb-object compound, merging the action cumple 'to fulfill' with años 'years'.
Examples in context
- Gracias por las felicitaciones de cumpleaños, amigos.Thank you for the birthday wishes, friends.
- Les doy las gracias por las felicitaciones de cumpleaños.I thank you all for the birthday wishes.
Example conversation
Alejandro is reading his messages on social media and Lucía approaches him.
- Alejandro¡Gracias por las felicitaciones de cumpleaños, Lucía!Thank you for the birthday wishes, Lucía!
- LucíaDe nada, Alejandro. Espero que lo pases muy bien.You're welcome, Alejandro. I hope you have a great time.
- AlejandroMuchas gracias, voy a una cena con mi familia.Thank you very much, I am going to a dinner with my family.
- Lucía¡Qué bien! Disfruta mucho de tu día.That's great! Enjoy your day a lot.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries cumpleaños, de, gracias, las, por, CC BY-SA 4.0.
