cumpleaños
Asturian edit
Noun edit
cumpleaños m (plural cumpleaños)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- IPA(key): /kumpleˈaɲos/ [kũm.pleˈa.ɲos]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɲos
- Syllabification: cum‧ple‧a‧ños
Noun edit
cumpleaños m (plural cumpleaños)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Italian: compleanno (partial calque)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “cumpleaños”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014