🇪🇸 Spanish

felicidad

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feminine

la felicidad

happiness

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felicidad
/la feliθiˈðað/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say felicidad in Spanish?

IPA
/la feliθiˈðað/

How do you pronounce felicidad in Spanish?

felicidad is pronounced /la feliθiˈðað/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La felicidad verdadera es difícil de encontrar en esta mundo materialista.

True happiness is difficult to find in this materialistic world.

Mi abuela encontró una felicidad plena después de jubilarse y viajar por todo el país.

My grandmother found complete happiness after retiring and traveling throughout the country.

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Why is it feminine?

Felicidad is feminine because it derives from the Latin "felicitas" (happiness, fertility), which belonged to the first declension class of Latin nouns that typically became feminine in Romance languages; the "-idad" suffix itself is also inherently feminine in Spanish, as it consistently produces feminine nouns (like "universidad," "realidad").

What is the Spanish word for happiness?

The Spanish word for happiness is la felicidad — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchbonheur flips!lemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianfelicitàlafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesefelicidadeafeminine

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