congratulate

English

Alternative forms

gratulate (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin congratulor, congratulatus, from gratus (“blessing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kənˈɡɹæt͡ʃ.ʊˌleɪt/, /-t͡ʃ.ə-/
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(US, sometimes) IPA^(key): /kənˈɡɹæd͡ʒ.ʊˌleɪt/, /-d͡ʒ.ə-/

Verb

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

To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for.
Remind me to congratulate Dave and Lisa on their wedding.
We must congratulate Dave and Lisa on getting married.
(reflexive) To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.
I congratulated myself on the success of my plan.

Derived terms

congratulable
congratulant
congratulating
congratulation
congratulations
congratulative
congratulator
congratulatory
self-congratulate

Translations

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

Arabic: هَنَّأَ‎ (hannaʔa), يُهَنِّئُ‎ (yuhanniʔu) (non-past)
Armenian: շնորհավորել (hy) (šnorhavorel)
Azerbaijani: təbrik etmək
Belarusian: віншава́ць impf (vinšavácʹ), павіншава́ць pf (pavinšavácʹ)
Bulgarian: поздравя́вам (bg) impf (pozdravjávam), честитя́ (bg) pf (čestitjá)
Catalan: felicitar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 祝賀／祝贺 (zh) (zhùhè), 道喜 (zh) (dàoxǐ)
Chukchi: анъякаԓек (anʺjakaḷek)
Cornish: keslowenhe
Czech: blahopřát (cs) impf, gratulovat impf
Danish: gratulere
Dutch: feliciteren (nl), gelukwensen (nl)
Esperanto: gratuli (eo)
Estonian: õnnitlema
Finnish: onnitella (fi), toivottaa onnea
French: féliciter (fr)
Galician: folgarse (gl), congratular (gl)
Georgian: მილოცვა (milocva)
German: gratulieren (de), beglückwünschen (de)
Greek: συγχαίρω (el) (synchaíro)
Hebrew: ברך‎ (he) (berákh), פִרְגֵּן‎ (firgén) (colloquial)
Hindi: बधाई देना (badhāī denā)
Hungarian: gratulál (hu)
Ido: gratular (io)
Japanese: 祝う (ja) (いわう, iwau)
Kazakh: құттықтау (kk) (qūttyqtau)
Khmer: សរសើរ (km) (sɑɑ saə), សូមជូនពរ (soom cuun pɔɔ)
Korean: 축하하다 (ko) (chukhahada)
Kyrgyz: куттуктоо (ky) (kuttuktoo)
Latin: grātulor, congrātulor
Latvian: apsveikt
Lithuanian: sveikinti, pasveikinti
Macedonian: че́сти impf (čésti)
Malay: tahniah
Manx: cogherjaghey
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gratulere (no)
Persian: تبریک گفتن‎ (tabrik goftan)
Polish: gratulować (pl) impf, pogratulować pf, winszować (pl) impf, powinszować pf (dated)
Portuguese: parabenizar (pt), congratular (pt)
Romanian: ferici (ro), ura (ro), felicita (ro)
Russian: поздравля́ть (ru) impf (pozdravljátʹ), поздра́вить (ru) pf (pozdrávitʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: честитати impf or pf
Roman: čestitati (sh) impf or pf
Slovak: blahoželať impf, gratulovať impf
Slovene: čestitati impf
Spanish: felicitar (es)
Swedish: gratulera (sv), lyckönska, gratta (sv)
Tagalog: balangawan, magbalangaw
Tajik: табрик кардан (tabrik kardan), муборакбод гуфтан (muborakbod guftan), табрик гуфтан (tabrik guftan)
Telugu: అబినందించు (abinandiñcu)
Thai: ฉลอง (th) (chà-lŏng)
Turkish: tebrik etmek (tr), kutlamak (tr)
Turkmen: gutlamak
Ukrainian: поздоровля́ти impf (pozdorovljáty), поздоро́вити pf (pozdoróvyty), віншува́ти impf (vinšuváty), повіншува́ти pf (povinšuváty)
Uzbek: tabriklamoq (uz)
Vietnamese: chúc mừng (vi)

Italian

Verb

congratulate

inflection of congratulare:
1. second-person plural present indicative
2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

congratulate f pl

feminine plural of congratulato

Latin

Participle

congrātulāte

vocative masculine singular of congrātulātus