parabenizar
Portuguese
Etymology
From parabéns + -izar or parabém + -izar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.ɾa.be.niˈza(ʁ)/ [pa.ɾa.be.niˈza(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pa.ɾa.be.niˈza(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pa.ɾa.be.niˈza(ʁ)/ [pa.ɾa.be.niˈza(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.ɾa.be.niˈza(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.bɨ.niˈzaɾ/ [pɐ.ɾɐ.βɨ.niˈzaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.ɾɐ.bɨ.niˈza.ɾi/ [pɐ.ɾɐ.βɨ.niˈza.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧be‧ni‧zar
Verb
parabenizar (first-person singular present parabenizo, first-person singular preterite parabenizei, past participle parabenizado)
- to congratulate (laud someone for his accomplishment)
- Synonyms: congratular, dar os parabéns, felicitar, parabentear
Conjugation
Conjugation of parabenizar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “parabenizar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “parabenizar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “parabenizar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025