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feliz cumpleaños

interjectionBeginner

What does “feliz cumpleaños” mean in English?

  1. happy birthday

Example sentences

  • ¡Feliz cumpleaños!

    Happy birthday!

  • Te deseo un feliz cumpleaños.

    I wish you a happy birthday.

  • Feliz cumpleaños, abuela.

    Happy birthday, grandma.

How to use it

Feliz cumpleaños means 'happy birthday'. Singular feliz with plural cumpleaños (which is grammatically singular despite the -s).

Common mistake

Cumpleaños is grammatically singular (despite the -s). Don't say 'felices cumpleaños' — keep feliz singular: 'feliz cumpleaños'.

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Reference

This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 30.