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SPANISH VERB

felicitar

to congratulate

  • #281 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: felicitando
  • Past participle: felicitado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I congratulate
  2. tú you congratulate
  3. usted, él, ella he/she congratulates
  4. nosotros we congratulate
  5. vosotros Spain you all congratulate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they congratulate

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I congratulated
  2. tú you congratulated
  3. usted, él, ella he/she congratulated
  4. nosotros we congratulated
  5. vosotros Spain you all congratulated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they congratulated

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to congratulate
  2. tú you used to congratulate
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to congratulate
  4. nosotros we used to congratulate
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to congratulate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to congratulate

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will congratulate
  2. tú you will congratulate
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will congratulate
  4. nosotros we will congratulate
  5. vosotros Spain you all will congratulate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will congratulate

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would congratulate
  2. tú you would congratulate
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would congratulate
  4. nosotros we would congratulate
  5. vosotros Spain you all would congratulate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would congratulate

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I congratulate
  2. tú (that) you congratulate
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she congratulate
  4. nosotros (that) we congratulate
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all congratulate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they congratulate

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I congratulated
  2. tú (if) you congratulated
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she congratulated
  4. nosotros (if) we congratulated
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all congratulated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they congratulated

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú congratulate!
  2. usted congratulate! (formal)
  3. nosotros congratulate! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain congratulate! (all of you)
  5. ustedes congratulate! (all of you)

How to use felicitar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Te felicito por el nuevo trabajo, Marta.

    Congratulations on the new job, Marta.

  2. Past

    Felicitamos a los novios a la salida de la iglesia.

    We congratulated the bride and groom outside the church.

  3. Imperfect

    Mi tía siempre me felicitaba por carta en mi cumpleaños.

    My aunt always congratulated me by letter on my birthday.

  4. Future

    Mañana felicitaré a mi abuela por sus noventa años.

    Tomorrow I'll congratulate my grandmother on her ninetieth birthday.

  5. Conditional

    Yo lo felicitaría en persona, no por mensaje.

    I'd congratulate him in person, not by text.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Llama a tu hermano para que lo felicites.

    Call your brother so you can congratulate him.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Mi madre me dijo que felicitara a la vecina.

    My mother told me to congratulate the neighbour.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Felicita a Ana, que ha aprobado el examen!

    Congratulate Ana, she's passed the exam!

Good to know

  • "Felicitar a alguien por algo": te felicito por el trabajo. "Felicitar la Navidad" is to wish someone a merry Christmas.

Where you hear felicitar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Advanced Level 2

  • Te felicito, Julián. Buen trabajo. Congratulations, Julian. Good work.
  • Rosario me felicitó por el parto de la seis. Rosario congratulated me on the birth in six.
  • Mañana voy a felicitar a Manolo por su cumpleaños. Tomorrow I'm going to wish Manolo a happy birthday.
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Advanced Level 2 · te felicito

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.