congratulate

• gratulate (archaic)

First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin congrātulātus, the perfect active participle of Latin grātulor (“to wish joice, rejoice (with); to congratulate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from con- +‎ grātulor, from grātus (“grateful, pleasing, agreeable, beloved”) + -or. By surface analysis, con- +‎ gratulate.

• IPA^(key): /kənˈɡɹæt͡ʃ.ʊˌleɪt/, /-t͡ʃ.ə-/

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• (US, sometimes) IPA^(key): /kənˈɡɹæd͡ʒ.ʊˌleɪt/, /-d͡ʒ.ə-/

congratulate (third-person singular simple present congratulates, present participle congratulating, simple past and past participle congratulated)

1. To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for; to felicitate.

   Remind me to congratulate Dave and Lisa on their wedding.

   We must congratulate Dave and Lisa on getting married.

   • 2025 May 7, Ben Morse, “‘Proud of you’: Cristiano Ronaldo’s eldest son earns first call-up for Portugal Under-15 national team”, in CNN‎:

     Ronaldo Sr., who is the record goalscorer in men’s international soccer with 136 goals for Portugal, congratulated his son on his Instagram Stories by posting a picture of his name on the squad list, saying: “Proud of you, son!”

2. (reflexive) To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.

   I congratulated myself on the success of my plan.

congratulate

1. inflection of congratulare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

congratulate f pl

1. feminine plural of congratulato

congrātulāte

1. vocative masculine singular of congrātulātus

congratulate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of congratular combined with te