felicitación

/feliθitaˈθjon/ · B1 · noun · f

congratulation

🎉 feliz (happy) + -ación: the act of wishing someone happy

From Latin felix, happy, the same root as feliz and English felicity. Felicitar means to wish someone happiness, and -ación turns the verb into a noun, like English felicitation. Plural felicitaciones is what you say: congrats!

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