Felicitar Conjugation | How to Conjugate Felicitar in Spanish

Felicitar means “to congratulate” or “to offer good wishes.” You will learn its fully regular -AR conjugation and the main person, achievement, occasion, and por patterns.

Felicitar conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Regular AR. RAE gives felicito, felicitas / felicitás, felicita, felicitamos, felicitáis, felicitan, with regular gerund felicitando and participle felicitado.

Felicitar gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The infinitive names the verb, the gerund supports progressive constructions, and the past participle combines with haber in compound forms. The participle felicitado remains invariant in those compounds.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	felicitar	to congratulate / wish well
Gerund	felicitando	congratulating / wishing well
Past participle	felicitado	congratulated / wished well

Felicitar meaning and essential uses

RAE’s main sense is expressing satisfaction to someone because of a favorable event for that person. In English this is usually “to congratulate”: Felicito a Ana por su premio.

RAE also records expressing the wish that someone be fortunate. A specific human direct object normally takes personal a, and por commonly introduces the achievement or reason.

Felicitar regular conjugation pattern

The stem felicit- remains unchanged throughout the core paradigm. Forms such as felicito, felicité, and felicite take ordinary -AR endings.

There is no stem change, spelling alternation, irregular preterite stem, irregular future stem, irregular gerund, or irregular participle.

Felicitar indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Felicitar present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. The table uses the verified regular paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	felicito	I congratulate / wish well
Tú — you, singular informal	felicitas	you congratulate / wish well
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	felicita	he / she congratulates / wishes well; you congratulate / wish well (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	felicitamos	we congratulate / wish well
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	felicitáis	you congratulate / wish well (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	felicitan	they congratulate / wish well; you congratulate / wish well (plural)

• Felicito a Ana por su premio. — I congratulate Ana on her award.

Felicitar preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use it for completed or bounded past events. The table uses the verified regular paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	felicité	I congratulated / wished well
Tú — you, singular informal	felicitaste	you congratulated / wished well
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	felicitó	he / she congratulated / wished well; you congratulated / wished well (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	felicitamos	we congratulated / wished well
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	felicitasteis	you congratulated / wished well (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	felicitaron	they congratulated / wished well; you congratulated / wished well (plural)

• Ayer felicité a Marta por su cumpleaños. — Yesterday I congratulated Marta on her birthday.

Felicitar imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant felicitado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	felicitaba	I used to congratulate / wish well / was congratulating / wishing well
Tú — you, singular informal	felicitabas	you used to congratulate / wish well / were congratulating / wishing well
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	felicitaba	he / she used to congratulate / wish well / was congratulating / wishing well; you used to congratulate / wish well / were congratulating / wishing well (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	felicitábamos	we used to congratulate / wish well / were congratulating / wishing well
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	felicitabais	you used to congratulate / wish well / were congratulating / wishing well (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	felicitaban	they used to congratulate / wish well / were congratulating / wishing well; you used to congratulate / wish well / were congratulating / wishing well (plural)

• Antes felicitábamos a todos personalmente. — We used to congratulate everyone personally.

Felicitar present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. Form it with present estar plus felicitando.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	estoy felicitando	I am congratulating / wishing well
Tú — you, singular informal	estás felicitando	you are congratulating / wishing well
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	está felicitando	he / she is congratulating / wishing well; you are congratulating / wishing well (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	estamos felicitando	we are congratulating / wishing well
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	estáis felicitando	you are congratulating / wishing well (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	están felicitando	they are congratulating / wishing well; you are congratulating / wishing well (plural)

• Estoy felicitando a los ganadores. — I am congratulating the winners.

Felicitar near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. Form it with present ir + a + felicitar.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	voy a felicitar	I am going to congratulate / wish well
Tú — you, singular informal	vas a felicitar	you are going to congratulate / wish well
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	va a felicitar	he / she is going to congratulate / wish well; you are going to congratulate / wish well (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	vamos a felicitar	we are going to congratulate / wish well
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	vais a felicitar	you are going to congratulate / wish well (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	van a felicitar	they are going to congratulate / wish well; you are going to congratulate / wish well (plural)

• Voy a felicitar a Carlos por su ascenso. — I am going to congratulate Carlos on his promotion.

Felicitar future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, where useful, probability. The table uses the verified regular paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	felicitaré	I will congratulate / wish well
Tú — you, singular informal	felicitarás	you will congratulate / wish well
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	felicitará	he / she will congratulate / wish well; you will congratulate / wish well (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	felicitaremos	we will congratulate / wish well
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	felicitaréis	you will congratulate / wish well (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	felicitarán	they will congratulate / wish well; you will congratulate / wish well (plural)

• Felicitaremos al equipo después del partido. — We will congratulate the team after the match.

Felicitar conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. The table uses the verified regular paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	felicitaría	I would congratulate / wish well
Tú — you, singular informal	felicitarías	you would congratulate / wish well
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	felicitaría	he / she would congratulate / wish well; you would congratulate / wish well (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	felicitaríamos	we would congratulate / wish well
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	felicitaríais	you would congratulate / wish well (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	felicitarían	they would congratulate / wish well; you would congratulate / wish well (plural)

• Felicitaría a Marta en persona. — I would congratulate Marta in person.

Felicitar present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use it for completed events connected to a present reference frame; regional distribution varies. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant felicitado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	he felicitado	I have congratulated / wished well
Tú — you, singular informal	has felicitado	you have congratulated / wished well
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	ha felicitado	he / she has congratulated / wished well; you have congratulated / wished well (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hemos felicitado	we have congratulated / wished well
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habéis felicitado	you have congratulated / wished well (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	han felicitado	they have congratulated / wished well; you have congratulated / wished well (plural)

• He felicitado a todos los participantes. — I have congratulated all the participants.

Felicitar past perfect conjugation

Past perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use it for an event completed before another past reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant felicitado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	había felicitado	I had congratulated / wished well
Tú — you, singular informal	habías felicitado	you had congratulated / wished well
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	había felicitado	he / she had congratulated / wished well; you had congratulated / wished well (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habíamos felicitado	we had congratulated / wished well
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habíais felicitado	you had congratulated / wished well (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habían felicitado	they had congratulated / wished well; you had congratulated / wished well (plural)

• Ya habíamos felicitado a los ganadores. — We had already congratulated the winners.

Felicitar future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro perfecto) — Use it for an event expected to be completed before a future reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant felicitado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habré felicitado	I will have congratulated / wished well
Tú — you, singular informal	habrás felicitado	you will have congratulated / wished well
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habrá felicitado	he / she will have congratulated / wished well; you will have congratulated / wished well (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habremos felicitado	we will have congratulated / wished well
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habréis felicitado	you will have congratulated / wished well (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrán felicitado	they will have congratulated / wished well; you will have congratulated / wished well (plural)

• Para entonces habrán felicitado a todo el equipo. — By then they will have congratulated the whole team.

Felicitar conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant felicitado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habría felicitado	I would have congratulated / wished well
Tú — you, singular informal	habrías felicitado	you would have congratulated / wished well
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habría felicitado	he / she would have congratulated / wished well; you would have congratulated / wished well (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habríamos felicitado	we would have congratulated / wished well
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habríais felicitado	you would have congratulated / wished well (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrían felicitado	they would have congratulated / wished well; you would have congratulated / wished well (plural)

• Habría felicitado a Ana antes. — I would have congratulated Ana earlier.

Felicitar subjunctive conjugations

Felicitar present subjunctive conjugation

Present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) — Use it in subordinate environments involving wishes, influence, emotion, doubt or denial, evaluation, necessity, possibility, or non-specific reference. The table uses the verified regular paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	felicite	that I congratulate / wish well
Tú — you, singular informal	felicites	that you congratulate / wish well
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	felicite	that he / she congratulate / wish well; that you congratulate / wish well (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	felicitemos	that we congratulate / wish well
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	felicitéis	that you congratulate / wish well (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	feliciten	that they congratulate / wish well; that you congratulate / wish well (plural)

• Quiero que felicites a Marta. — I want you to congratulate Marta.

Felicitar imperfect subjunctive conjugation

Imperfect subjunctive (el imperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses the -ra series. The accepted -se series is also valid in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant felicitado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	felicitara	that I congratulated / wished well
Tú — you, singular informal	felicitaras	that you congratulated / wished well
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	felicitara	that he / she congratulated / wished well; that you congratulated / wished well (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	felicitáramos	that we congratulated / wished well
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	felicitarais	that you congratulated / wished well (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	felicitaran	that they congratulated / wished well; that you congratulated / wished well (plural)

• Preferían que felicitáramos a los ganadores juntos. — They preferred that we congratulate the winners together.
• Era mejor que felicitases a Ana en persona. — It was better for you to congratulate Ana in person.

Felicitar future subjunctive conjugation

Future subjunctive (el futuro de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. It survives mainly in formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical contexts. These rare reference forms belong mainly to formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical registers.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	felicitare	if / when I should congratulate / wish well
Tú — you, singular informal	felicitares	if / when you should congratulate / wish well
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	felicitare	if / when he / she should congratulate / wish well; if / when you should congratulate / wish well (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	felicitáremos	if / when we should congratulate / wish well
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	felicitareis	if / when you should congratulate / wish well (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	felicitaren	if / when they should congratulate / wish well; if / when you should congratulate / wish well (plural)

• Quien felicitare públicamente a los participantes deberá respetar el protocolo. — Whoever should congratulate the participants publicly must follow protocol.

Felicitar present perfect subjunctive conjugation

Present perfect subjunctive (el pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) — Use it when a completed event appears inside a present- or future-oriented subjunctive environment. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant felicitado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	haya felicitado	that I have congratulated / wished well
Tú — you, singular informal	hayas felicitado	that you have congratulated / wished well
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	haya felicitado	that he / she has congratulated / wished well; that you have congratulated / wished well (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hayamos felicitado	that we have congratulated / wished well
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hayáis felicitado	that you have congratulated / wished well (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hayan felicitado	that they have congratulated / wished well; that you have congratulated / wished well (plural)

• Me alegra que hayas felicitado a Carlos. — I am glad that you congratulated Carlos.

Felicitar past perfect subjunctive conjugation

Past perfect subjunctive (el pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses hubiera; hubiese is an accepted auxiliary alternative in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant felicitado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiera felicitado	that I had congratulated / wished well
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieras felicitado	that you had congratulated / wished well
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiera felicitado	that he / she had congratulated / wished well; that you had congratulated / wished well (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéramos felicitado	that we had congratulated / wished well
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubierais felicitado	that you had congratulated / wished well (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieran felicitado	that they had congratulated / wished well; that you had congratulated / wished well (plural)

• Si hubiera felicitado antes a Marta, habría sido más atento. — If I had congratulated Marta earlier, I would have been more considerate.
• Si hubieses felicitado al equipo, lo habrían agradecido. — If you had congratulated the team, they would have appreciated it.

Felicitar future perfect subjunctive conjugation

Future perfect subjunctive (el futuro perfecto de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. Treat it as a formal or historical reference form, not an everyday conversational target. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant felicitado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiere felicitado	if / when I should have congratulated / wished well
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieres felicitado	if / when you should have congratulated / wished well
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiere felicitado	if / when he / she should have congratulated / wished well; if / when you should have congratulated / wished well (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéremos felicitado	if / when we should have congratulated / wished well
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubiereis felicitado	if / when you should have congratulated / wished well (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieren felicitado	if / when they should have congratulated / wished well; if / when you should have congratulated / wished well (plural)

• Si hubieren felicitado a personas adicionales, deberán incluirlas en el registro. — If they should have congratulated additional people, they must include them in the record.

Felicitar imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. The nosotros/nosotras row is a present-subjunctive form used with exhortative “let’s…” value.

Felicitar affirmative commands

Use the regular affirmative command forms for direct instructions when the target meaning supports them naturally.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	felicita	congratulate
Usted — you, singular formal	felicite	congratulate (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	felicitemos	let’s congratulate
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	felicitad	congratulate (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	feliciten	congratulate (plural)

• Felicita a Marta por su logro. — Congratulate Marta on her achievement.

Felicitar negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms, with no before the verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no felicites	do not congratulate
Usted — you, singular formal	no felicite	do not congratulate (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no felicitemos	let’s not congratulate
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no felicitéis	do not congratulate (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no feliciten	do not congratulate (plural)

• No felicites a nadie antes del anuncio oficial. — Do not congratulate anyone before the official announcement.

Common constructions with Felicitar

These patterns show sentence frames that materially affect how the target verb is used.

• felicitar a alguien. — to congratulate someone.
• felicitar a alguien por + achievement / occasion. — to congratulate someone on something.
• felicitar a alguien en / por + occasion, depending on context. — to offer congratulations or good wishes for an occasion.

Example sentences with Felicitar

These examples reinforce useful forms and contexts already taught in the lesson.

• Quiero felicitarte por tu trabajo. — I want to congratulate you on your work.
• Todos felicitaron a la ganadora. — Everyone congratulated the winner.
• Voy a felicitar a Ana por su cumpleaños. — I am going to wish Ana a happy birthday.
• Espero que felicites al equipo. — I hope you congratulate the team.
• Ya hemos felicitado a los participantes. — We have already congratulated the participants.
• Felicita primero a quienes terminaron el proyecto. — Congratulate those who finished the project first.

Regional and usage notes for Felicitar

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes. Voseo changes some second-person singular forms where vos is used.

• Vos felicitás a todos después del evento. — You congratulate everyone after the event. (voseo)
• Felicitá a Marta por su premio. — Congratulate Marta on her award. (affirmative vos command)

Felicitar is fully regular. Focus on complement structure: the person congratulated normally takes personal a, while por commonly introduces the achievement, event, or reason for the congratulations.