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16 Ways to Say Happy Birthday in Brazilian Portuguese By A Native

Here are 16 ways to say happy birthday in Brazilian Portuguese.

In today’s article, we will talk about the different ways you can say happy birthday in Portuguese.

Thankfully, these happy birthday messages are very similar between Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese, meaning you can use them in both countries because people will understand you.

Still, these phrases are the Brazilian versions. (It’s always good to know, right.)

If Portuguese isn’t your native language, but you want to congratulate someone on their birthday, here are the messages you can send to the person!

16 Ways To Say Happy Birthday In Brazilian Portuguese

There are two ways to say happy birthday in Portuguese, but each has a few variations. We will start by talking about parabéns.

Congratulations or happy birthday in Brazilian Portuguese
Congratulations or happy birthday in Brazilian Portuguese

Parabéns – Portuguese for Happy Birthday

  • Pronunciation: puh-ruh-beh-ins

When congratulating someone in Portuguese, you can say only parabéns. Parabéns literally means congratulations, and you can say that to congratulate the person on a variety of situations, like a new job, getting married, being pregnant, their birthday, etc.

Still, you can also add your wishes to the message when congratulating someone on their birthday with the sentences below:

Parabéns para você!
(Parabéns para você means literally happy birthday to you in Portuguese.)

Note: If you’re congratulating your significant other, you might want to say I love you in Brazilian Portuguese.

Meus parabéns! Tudo de bom!
(Happy birthday! I wish you all of the best!)

Parabéns! Muitas felicidades!
(Happy birthday! I wish you lots of happiness!)

Parabéns! Muitos anos de vida!
(Happy birthday! I wish you a long life!)

Parabéns! Te desejo muita paz e saúde!
(Happy birthday! I wish you a lot of peace and good health!)

Parabéns! Espero que o seu dia seja perfeito!
(Happy birthday! May your day be perfect!)

Parabéns! Aproveite o seu dia!
(Happy birthday! Enjoy your day!)

Gold and glitter lettering sign that reads "Feliz Aniversario" on a window, which means happy birthday in Brazilian Portuguese

Feliz Aniversário! – Also Means Happy Birthday in Brazilian Portuguese

  • Pronunciation: feh-liz ah-ni-vehr-sah-ri-oo

Literally translated, feliz aniversário means happy anniversary.

The word aniversário conjures the idea of birthday, in Portuguese. If you want to congratulate a person on a wedding anniversary, you have to explicitly add that to the sentence.

So when you say feliz aniversário, you are congratulating the person on their birthday.

When you say feliz aniversário de casamento, you are congratulating the person on their wedding anniversary (Casamento is Portuguese for wedding.).

Similar to parabéns, you can say only feliz aniversário and call it a day. Or, you can add your wishes to the birthday message as below:

Feliz aniversário! Tudo de bom!
(Happy birthday! I wish you all of the best!)

Feliz aniversário! Muitas felicidades!
(Happy birthday! I wish you lots of happiness!)

Feliz aniversário! Muitos anos de vida!
(Happy birthday! I wish you a long life!)

Feliz aniversário! Te desejo muita saúde e paz!
(Happy birthday! I wish you a lots of health and peace!)

Feliz aniversário! Espero que o seu dia seja perfeito!
(Happy birthday! May your day be perfect!)

Feliz aniversário! Aproveite o seu dia!
(Happy birthday! Enjoy your day!)

Feliz aniversário atrasado! (because it happens…)
(Happy belated birthday!)

Good to know: Many people abbreviate aniversário to niver.

Birthday Vocabulary

Birthday – aniversário

Birthday cake – bolo de aniversário (recipe for a Brazilian cake here)

Birthday party – festa de aniversário

Candles – velas

Birthday card – cartão de aniversário

Birthday person – aniversariante

Gift – presente

Belated birthday – aniversário atrasado.

How old are you? – Quantos anos você tem?

I’m 30 years old – eu tenho 30 anos.

Brigadeiros – a Brazilian sweet that is a staple on bday parties 😉

Brigadeiro recipe variations

Happy Birthday Song

Here’s the Brazilian Portuguese version of the happy birthday song, followed by the English translation:

Parabéns pra você
Nesta data querida
Muitas felicidades
Muitos anos de vida

The rest of the song in the Brazilian version includes the following verse, which doesn’t have a translation.

É pique, é pique
É pique, é pique, é pique
É hora, é hora
É hora, é hora, é hora
Ra-tim-bum!

English translation:

Happy birthday to you
On this wonderful day
Many cheers
Many years of life

Wrapping Up On How To Say Happy Birthday In Brazilian Portuguese

Portuguese can be a challenging language, but with a little practice, you can definitely say basic things to native speakers, like happy birthday!

With the messages above, now you can congratulate the birthday boy, girl, or person in their own language.

Tchau! Beijos!

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