felicitar
Spanish, verb/feliθiˈtaɾ/
felicitar is spelled F-E-L-I-C-I-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Felicitar is a Spanish verb meaning “to congratulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar parabién a alguno por la felicidad que ha logrado”.
What does felicitar 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. Dar parabién a alguno por la felicidad que ha logrado. 2. Expresar alegría con motivo de una fecha señalada como un aniversario. 3. Expresar el deseo de que alguien sea feliz. 4. Hacer feliz a alguno.
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 felicitar
- felicito first-person present singular
- felicité first-person preterite singular
- felicitado participle past
- felicitando gerund
- felicitada feminine participle past
- felicitados masculine participle past
- felicitadas feminine participle past
- felicitas indicative informal present
- felicitás indicative informal present
- felicita indicative present singular
- felicitamos first-person indicative plural
- felicitáis indicative plural present
- felicitan indicative plural present
- felicitaba first-person imperfect indicative
- felicitabas imperfect indicative second-person
- felicitábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- felicitabais imperfect indicative plural
- felicitaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce felicitar?
- /feliθiˈtaɾ/
- [fe.li.θiˈt̪aɾ]
- /felisiˈtaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to felicitar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is felicitar in Spanish?
felicitar appears 3.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).