felicitate — a verb meaning to congratulate someone
felicitar — the Spanish cognate of the same meaning
Both of the above words come from the Latin word of felix which means “happy.” In Spanish, the word for “happy” or “merry” is “feliz” and many English-speaking people recognize this from the popular Christmas song of “Feliz Navidad” which simply means …
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