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Galician
Etymology
From para + ben.
Pronunciation
Noun
parabéns m pl (plural only)
- congratulations
1814, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Romance:Omes do vál, da ribeira,
E os que na serra morás;
Dadevos o paraben
Das novas que vou contár.
O noso rey, que deixóu
A Galicia en orfandade,
E por quen tan nobremente
España verteu a sangre
Xá está con nosco... ¡que groria!- Men of the valley, of the seashore,
and you dwellers of the mountains;
give yourselves congratulations
for the news I'm about to tell:
our King, who left
Galicia orphaned,
and for whom so nobly
Spain shed her blood
is already among us... Glory!
Interjection
parabéns!
- congratulations!
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “parabén”, 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), “parabéns”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “parabén”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
Plural form of parabém, from para + bem.
Pronunciation
Interjection
parabéns!
- happy birthday!
- Synonym: feliz aniversário!
- congratulations!
Parabéns, Ana! Você conseguiu!- Congratulations, Ana! You made it!
Noun
parabéns m pl (plural only)
- congratulations
- Synonym: felicitações
Gostaria de lhe dar os parabéns pelo seu novo livro.- I would like to congratulate you on your new book.
Derived terms