feliz

See also: Feliz

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fēlīx, fēlīcem.

Adjective

feliz (epicene, plural felices)

1. happy

Synonyms

• contentu, gayoleru, gayasperu

Related terms

• felicidá

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese feliz, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin fēlīx, fēlīcem which displaced the inherited form fiiz; from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-lw-i, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”).

Adjective

feliz m or f (plural felices)

1. happy

   Synonym: ledo

   Antonyms: infeliz, triste

Derived terms

• felizmente

Related terms

• felicidade
• felicitar
• infeliz

References

• “feliz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “feliz” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “feliz” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “feliz” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Further reading

• “feliz” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• felice (obsolete, poetic)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese feliz, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin fēlīcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-lw-i, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”). The Old Galician-Portuguese form fiiz, however, was popularly inherited, but later replaced by feliz, in a process of restoration.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /feˈlis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /feˈlis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /feˈliʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨˈliʃ/, (with elision) /ˈfliʃ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -is, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃ
• Hyphenation: fe‧liz

Adjective

feliz m or f (plural felizes, comparable, comparative mais feliz, superlative o mais feliz or felicíssimo, diminutive felizinho)

1. happy

   Synonym: alegre

   Antonyms: infeliz, triste

2. fortunate

   Antonym: infeliz

Derived terms

• felizmente

Related terms

• felicidade
• felicitar
• infeliz

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: filís

Further reading

• “feliz” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fēlīcem. Compare Catalan feliç.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /feˈliθ/ [feˈliθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /feˈlis/ [feˈlis]

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• (Spain) Rhymes: -iθ
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: fe‧liz

Adjective

feliz m or f (masculine and feminine plural felices)

1. happy, merry (trait)

   Synonym: alegre

   Antonyms: infeliz, triste

   Él es un tipo feliz en general. ― He's just a happy guy in general.

2. pleased, glad

   Synonym: contento

3. joyous, merry, happy

   una ocasión feliz ― a joyous occasion

Derived terms

• Felices Reyes
• felicísimo
• feliz como un regaliz
• feliz como una perdiz
• feliz cumpleaños
• felizmente

 

Related terms

• Felicia
• felicidad
• felicitar
• Félix
• infeliz

 

Further reading

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