congratular
Spanish, verb/konɡɾatuˈlaɾ/
congratular is spelled C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Spanish, the 249,533rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Congratular is a Spanish verb meaning “to congratulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Expresar alegría y complacencia por un suceso feliz que le ha acaecido a alguien. Manifestarle que uno se…”.
What does congratular mean in English?
verb
- 1
to congratulate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Expresar alegría y complacencia por un suceso feliz que le ha acaecido a alguien. Manifestarle que uno se alegra con y por esa persona.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of congratular
- congratulo first-person present singular
- congratulé first-person preterite singular
- congratulado participle past
- congratulando gerund
- congratulada feminine participle past
- congratulados masculine participle past
- congratuladas feminine participle past
- congratulas indicative informal present
- congratulás indicative informal present
- congratula indicative present singular
- congratulamos first-person indicative plural
- congratuláis indicative plural present
- congratulan indicative plural present
- congratulaba first-person imperfect indicative
- congratulabas imperfect indicative second-person
- congratulábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- congratulabais imperfect indicative plural
- congratulaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce congratular?
- /konɡɾatuˈlaɾ/
- [kõŋ.ɡɾa.t̪uˈlaɾ]
- [kõŋgɾat̪uˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to congratular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is congratular in Spanish?
congratular appears about once in every 50 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).