La Palabra Del Dia: "felicitar"
felicitar ( feh-lee-see-tahr' )
verb ( to congratulate )
There are many native English speakers here, most of us can offer great suggestions to the English sentences. I will do my best to go through them all, too. Use today's Word of the Day in your own Spanish sentence (and include the English translation as well). Try to use the word in a completely new way and vote on the sentences you like best. The winner will be chosen based upon the correct use of the word as well as the number of votes.
Guidelines:
Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.
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Examples:
1. Permíteme felicitarte por el ascenso en el trabajo llevándote a comer.
Allow me to congratulate you for your work promotion by taking you out to eat.
2. El corredor que terminó de segundo felicitó al nuevo campeón.
The runner who finished second congratulated the new champion.
Notes:
Just want to say "Congratulations!"? It's most common to hear "¡Felicidades!," "¡Felicitaciones!," or "¡Enhorabuena!"
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10 Answers
Me gusta oír el rival derrotado felicitar al ganador de una elección.
I like to hear the defeated rival congratulate the winner of an election.
Me felicito para llenar las formas, pero (¡ay ay ay!) yo es hice incorrectamente.
I congratulated myself for filling in the forms, but (oh no!) I did it incorrectly.
Me gusta la manera que gente aquí felicitar a uno y a otro cuando una persona tiene algo que celebrar.
I like the way the people here congratulate one another when a person has something to celebrate.
Me felicitaron las Navidades/por mi cumpleaños.
They wished me a happy Christmas/happy birthday.
La mujer se felicito por haber sido capaz de evitar la tentación de volver a comer chocolate y así destruír su dieta.
The woman congratulated herself for having been able to avoid the temptation of eating chocolate again and thus destroying her diet.
Parece que tenemos que esperar hasta esta Navidad para descubrir si podríamos felicitar nuestra hija mayor por comprometerse con su novio, porque nuestra hija menor le preguntó al novio sobre lo que iba a comprarla para la Navidad, y le dijo que iba a darle un trozo de carbón- así que ella le envió una imagen de un diamante por mensaje de texto, pero él no le respondió.
It seems that we have to wait until this Christmas to see if we will be able to congratulate our oldest daughter for getting engaged to her boyfriend, because our younger daughter asked the boyfriend about what he was going to buy her for Christmas, and he told her that he was going to give her a lump of coal- so she sent him a picture of a diamond by text message, but he didn't respond.
Quiero felicitar a Ray por hacer un viaje tan largo a estas alturas de su vida. ¡Ray, eres un hombre único, te felicito!
I want to congratulate Ray for undertaking such a long journey at a slightly advanced age. Ray, you're special!
Darle un puñetazo a alguien es una forma moderna de felicitar.
The "fist bump" is a modern way of congratulating others.
Cuando llego a dominar el subjuntivo, ¡ por favor me feliciten!
When I master the subjunctive, please congratulate me!
Let me be the first to congratulate you on your promotion.
Déjame ser el primero felicitarlo por su promoción.
