cumpleaños
Asturian
Spanish
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Feliz Cumpleaños
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of cumple (“to complete”) + años (“years”), literally “years-completer”; an event celebrating the completion of a number of years of one’s life.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kumpleˈaɲos/ [kũm.pleˈa.ɲos]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɲos
- Syllabification: cum‧ple‧a‧ños
Noun
cumpleaños m (plural cumpleaños)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Italian: compleanno (partial calque)
See also
Further reading
- “cumpleaños”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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