cumpleañero

Spanish

Etymology

From cumpleaños (“birthday”) +‎ -ero.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kumpleaˈɲeɾo/ [kũm.ple.aˈɲe.ɾo]
Rhymes: -eɾo
Syllabification: cum‧ple‧a‧ñe‧ro

Noun

cumpleañero m (plural cumpleañeros, feminine cumpleañera, feminine plural cumpleañeras)

birthday boy or -girl (person whose birthday it is)
Synonym: festejado

Further reading

“cumpleañero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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