congratulate

English

Alternative forms

• gratulate (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin congratulor, from gratus (“blessing”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

congratulate (third-person singular simple present congratulates, present participle congratulating, simple past and past participle congratulated)

1. to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for

Translations

to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for

• Arabic: يهنئ (ar) (Yohanni')
• Armenian: շնորհավորել (hy) (shnorhavorel)
• Bulgarian: поздравявам (bg) (pozdravjavam), честитя (bg) (čestitja)
• Czech: blahopřát (cs), gratulovat (cs)
• Danish: gratulere (da)
• Dutch: feliciteren (nl), gelukwensen (nl)
• Esperanto: gratuli (eo)
• Finnish: onnitella (fi), toivottaa onnea (fi)
• French: féliciter (fr)
• Georgian: მილოცვა (ka) (miloc'va)
• German: gratulieren (de), beglückwünschen (de)
• Greek: συγχαίρω (el) (synchaíro)
• Hebrew: ברך (he) (berákh)

• Hungarian: gratulál (hu)
• Ido: gratular (io)
• Malay: tahniah (ms)
• Manx: cogherjaghey (gv)
• Portuguese: parabenizar (pt)
• Romanian: ferici (ro), ura (ro)
• Russian: поздравлять (ru) (pozdravlját') impf., поздравить (ru) (pozdrávit') pf.
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: честитати (sh)

  Roman: čestitati (sh)

• Spanish: felicitar (es)
• Swahili: heko (sw)
• Swedish: gratulera (sv), lyckönska (sv), gratta (sv)
• Telugu: అబినందించు (te)

Derived terms

• congratulable
• congratulant
• congratulating
• congratulation
• congratulations
• congratulative
• congratulator
• congratulatory

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Italian

Verb

congratulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of congratulare
2. second-person plural imperative of congratulare
3. Feminine plural of congratulato