In Spanish, you say cumplir años, which literally translates into “to complete/finish/fulfill years.” As you may guess, this means that cumplir años is the Spanish equivalent of “to turn one year older” or “to have one’s birthday.” In short, every time Father Time makes you complete another year, you cumples años in Spanish.
So we have el cumpleaños (the birthday), and its invariable plural los cumpleaños (the birthdays).Ĭumplir isn’t in the word cumpleaños by accident. The word cumpleaños is a fusion of the words cumple (from the verb cumplir – to fulfill, to accomplish) and años (years).Īnd just like every other compound word in Spanish, it’ll always be masculine. Compound words are formed by putting words together in order to create a new one. In fact, cumpleaños is singular and a compound word. It ends in -os, doesn’t it? Well, surprise, surprise! It’s singular! The word cumpleaños is a very interesting one for quite a few reasons.įor starters, it totally looks like a plural noun. Not only are they your basic, go-to phrases for wishing someone a happy birthday-they’ll also show up in tons of the birthday songs we’ll cover later on. The best part? You don’t have to conjugate any verbs or worry about adjective agreement at all! This is also very commonly used, although it’s more informal than the first one. ¡Feliz cumple! (Happy birthday!)Ĭumple is the short version of cumpleaños. This is the most common way of wishing someone a happy birthday.
Here are the two most basic phrases you can use to wish someone a happy birthday: ¡Feliz cumpleaños! (Happy birthday!)
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