tu fecha de nacimiento
/tu fet͡ʃa de naθimjento/from spelling rules
The English phrase "your date of birth" is translated into Spanish as tu fecha de nacimiento.
In many official forms, the possessive adjective 'tu' or 'su' is omitted and the phrase appears simply as fecha de nacimiento.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of fecha (date) and de nacimiento (of birth).
Which one should you use?
Use su fecha de nacimiento instead of tu fecha de nacimiento when speaking to someone in a formal context or to a stranger.
How do you pronounce it?
/tu fetʃa de naθimjento/
Did you know?
- The word nacimiento is also used to describe the source of a river or a spring, treating the start of a stream as a 'birth'.
- While nacimiento means 'birth', the same root is used in Navidad, the word for 'Christmas', because the holiday celebrates the birth of Jesus.
- The word fecha comes from the Latin facta, which means 'things done'. It is an interesting linguistic evolution that a word meaning 'something done' eventually became the standard term for a calendar date.
Examples in context
- ¿Cuál es tu fecha de nacimiento?What is your date of birth?This sentence is useful for asking someone for their date of birth.Tatoeba #656175 by MondCivitano, translation #703328 by papabear
- Escribe tu fecha de nacimiento aquí.Write down your date of birth here.This sentence is useful for instructing someone to write down their date of birth.Tatoeba #745696 by Shishir, translation #61733 by CK
- Necesito tu fecha de nacimiento para el registro.I need your date of birth for the registration.
Example conversation
Alejandro is filling out a form at a doctor's office.
- MaríaAlejandro, ¿puedes confirmar tu fecha de nacimiento?Alejandro, can you confirm your date of birth?
- AlejandroSí, es el diez de mayo de mil novecientos noventa.Yes, it is May tenth, nineteen ninety.
- MaríaGracias, ya completé tu ficha.Thank you, I have already completed your file.
- AlejandroPerfecto, muchas gracias, María.Perfect, thank you very much, María.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries de, fecha, nacimiento, tu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
