enhorabuena

Spanish

Alternative forms

• en hora buena

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Old Latin en

Latin in

Old Spanish en

Spanish en

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥

Ancient Greek ὥρᾱ (hṓrā)bor.

Latin hōra

Spanish hora

Spanish buena

Spanish enhorabuena

From en + hora + buena. Compare French à la bonne heure and Catalan enhorabona.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enoɾaˈbwena/ [e.no.ɾaˈβ̞we.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: en‧ho‧ra‧bue‧na

Interjection

enhorabuena

1. (chiefly Spain) congratulations

Related terms

• enhoramala

Noun

enhorabuena f (plural enhorabuenas)

1. (chiefly Spain) congratulation

Further reading

• “enhorabuena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025