happy birthday
Pronunciation Interjection
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Pronunciation Interjection
- Said or written to a person who is celebrating his or her birthday in order to convey the good wishes of the speaker or writer (literally, "may you have a happy birthday")
- When Stuart entered the room, everyone yelled, “Happy Birthday!”
- Happy Birthday, Joe! Have a fantastic party!
- Synonyms: many happy returns, many happy returns of the day
- French: bon anniversaire, joyeux anniversaire
- German: alles Gute zum Geburtstag, herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag, (informally) viel Glück zum Geburtstag
- Italian: buon compleanno
- Portuguese: feliz aniversário, parabéns
- Russian: с днём рожде́ния
- Spanish: feliz cumpleaños, feliz cumple (familiar)
happy birthday (happy birthdays, present participle happy birthdaying; past and past participle happy birthdayed)
- (colloquial, transitive) To wish (someone) a happy birthday.
- Portuguese: felicitar pelo aniversário
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