# feliz
## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fēlīx, fēlīcem.

### Adjective

feliz (epicene, plural felices)
* happy

#### Synonyms

* contentu, gayoleru, gayasperu

#### Related terms

* felicidá

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese feliz, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin fēlīx, fēlīcem which displaced the inherited form fiiz; from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-lw-i, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /feˈliθ/ [feˈliθ]
* IPA: (standard) /feˈliθ/ [feˈliθ]
* IPA: (seseo) /feˈlis/ [feˈlis]
* Rhymes: -iθ
* Rhymes: -iθ
* Rhymes: -is
* Hyphenation: fe‧liz

### Adjective

feliz m or f (plural felices)
* happy
    Synonym: ledo
    Antonyms: infeliz, triste

#### Derived terms

* felizmente

#### Related terms

* felicidade
* felicitar
* infeliz

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “feliz”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “feliz”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “feliz”, 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), “feliz”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

### Further reading

* “feliz”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* felice (obsolete, poetic)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese feliz, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin fēlīcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-lw-i, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”). The Old Galician-Portuguese form fiiz, however, was popularly inherited, but later replaced by feliz, in a process of restoration.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /feˈlis/, /fiˈlis/
* (Brazil) IPA: /feˈlis/, /fiˈlis/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /feˈliʃ/, /fiˈliʃ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /feˈlis/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɨˈliʃ/, (with elision) /ˈfliʃ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -is, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃ
* Hyphenation: fe‧liz

### Adjective

feliz m or f (plural felizes, comparable, comparative mais feliz, superlative o mais feliz or felicíssimo, diminutive felizinho)
* happy
    Synonym: alegre
    Antonyms: infeliz, triste
* fortunate
    Antonym: infeliz

#### Derived terms

* felizmente

#### Related terms

* felicidade
* felicitar
* infeliz

#### Descendants

* Kabuverdianu: filís
* Macanese: filiz

### References

* ↑ http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S1981-57942016000300579&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en

### Further reading

* “feliz”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fēlīcem. Compare Catalan feliç.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /feˈliθ/ [feˈliθ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /feˈlis/ [feˈlis]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iθ
* Rhymes: -is
* Syllabification: fe‧liz

### Adjective

feliz m or f (masculine and feminine plural felices)
* happy, merry (trait)
    Synonym: alegre
    Antonyms: infeliz, triste
    Él es un tipo feliz en general. ― He's just a happy guy in general.
* pleased, glad
    Synonym: contento
* joyous, merry, happy
    una ocasión feliz ― a joyous occasion

#### Derived terms

* Felices Reyes
* felicísimo
* feliz como un regaliz
* feliz como una perdiz
* feliz cumpleaños
* felizmente

#### Related terms

* Felicia
* felicidad
* felicitar
* Félix
* infeliz

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “feliz”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “feliz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10