feliz

Borrowed from Latin fēlīx, fēlīcem.

feliz (epicene, plural felices)

1. happy

• contentu, gayoleru, gayasperu

• felicidá

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”).

• Hyphenation: fe‧liz

feliz m or f (plural felices)

1. happy

   Synonym: ledo

   Antonyms: infeliz, triste

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “feliz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “feliz”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “feliz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “feliz”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

• “feliz”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• felice (obsolete, poetic)

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.^[1]

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

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

• felizmente

• felicidade
• felicitar
• infeliz

• Kabuverdianu: filís
• Macanese: filiz

• “feliz”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin fēlīcem.^[1] Compare Catalan feliç.

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

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

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

• “feliz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024