feliz

Borrowed from Latin fēlīx, fēlīcem.

feliz

1. happy

• contentu, gayoleru, gayasperu

• felicidá

From Old Portuguese feliz, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin fēlīx, fēlīcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-lw-i, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”).

feliz m or f (plural felices)

1. happy

   Antonyms: infeliz, triste

• felizmente

• felicidade
• felicitar
• infeliz

• “feliz” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

• felice (obsolete, poetic)

From Old Portuguese feliz, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin fēlīx, fēlīcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-lw-i, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”). The Old Portuguese form fiiz, however, was popularly inherited, but later replaced by feliz, in a process of restoration[1].

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨˈliʃ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /feˈlis/, /fɛˈliʃ/, /feˈliʃ/
• Rhymes: -is
• Hyphenation: fe‧liz

feliz (plural felizes, comparable)

1. happy

   Synonym: alegre

   Antonyms: infeliz, triste

• felizmente

• felicidade
• felicitar
• infeliz

• “feliz” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Borrowed from Latin fēlīx, fēlīcem[1], from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-lw-i, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”).

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /feˈliθ/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /feˈlis/
• Hyphenation: fe‧liz

feliz (plural felices)

1. happy

   Synonym: alegre

   Antonyms: infeliz, triste

2. pleased

   Synonym: contento

• felicísimo
• felizmente

• felicidad
• felicitar
• infeliz

• “feliz” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.