mañana es mi cumpleaños
/maɲana es mi kumpleaɲos/from spelling rules
The English phrase "tomorrow is my birthday" is translated into Spanish as mañana es mi cumpleaños.
You use this phrase to inform someone that your birthday falls on the following day.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of mañana (tomorrow), es (is), mi (my) and cumpleaños (birthday).
How does it change in a sentence?
When stating that a day is your birthday, use the verb ser in the form es rather than estar. Additionally, the word cumpleaños is a compound noun that is always masculine and always ends in -s, even when referring to a single birthday.
How do you pronounce it?
/maɲana es mi kumpleaɲos/
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.
- Spanish has a specific term, cumpleañero, to describe the person whose birthday it is, a role that English describes only with a phrase like 'the birthday boy' or 'girl'.
- The word cumpleaños literally translates to 'fulfills years' because a birthday is seen as the completion or fulfillment of a cycle of years.
Examples in context
- Mañana es mi cumpleaños.Tomorrow is my birthday.This sentence is useful for stating mañana es mi cumpleaños.Tatoeba #567764 by darinmex, translation #71844 by CK
- Mañana es mi cumpleaños, y cumpliré 17.Tomorrow is my birthday and I will be seventeen.This sentence shows how to use mañana es mi cumpleaños when mentioning your age.Tatoeba #329912 by tatoerique, translation #323316 by Eldad
- ¡Mañana es mi cumpleaños!Tomorrow is my birthday!
Example conversation
Alejandro and Lucía are talking at school.
- AlejandroOye, mañana es mi cumpleaños.Hey, tomorrow is my birthday.
- Lucía¡Qué bien! ¿Vas a hacer una fiesta?That's great! Are you going to have a party?
- AlejandroNo, solo voy a cenar con mi familia.No, I'm just going to have dinner with my family.
- LucíaPerfecto, ¡felicidades adelantadas, Alejandro!Perfect, happy birthday in advance, Alejandro!
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries cumpleaños, es, mañana, mi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
