Dictionary Definition
congratulate
Verb
1 say something to someone that expresses praise;
"He complimented her on her last physics paper" [syn: compliment]
2 express congratulations [syn: felicitate]
4 pride or congratulate (oneself) for an
achievement [syn: preen]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Verb
- to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Translations
to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to
the person(s) it is felt for
- Arabic: يهنئ (Yohanni')
- Bosnian: čestitati
- Danish: gratulere
- Dutch: feliciteren, gelukwensen
- Finnish: onnitella
- French: féliciter
- German: gratulieren
- Greek: συγχαίρω
- Hebrew: לברך (le'varekh)
- Hungarian: gratulál
- Ido: gratular
- Melayu: tahniah
- Serbian:
- Swedish: gratulera
- Telugu: అబినందించు
Derived terms
Italian
Verb
congratulate- Form of Second-person plural imperative|congratulare#Italian, congratulare