Meaning
to congratulate
- to express praise or pleasure for someone's success (almost always pronominal: congratularsi)
In a sentence
Mi congratulo con te per la tua promozione!
I congratulate you on your promotion!
Il direttore si è congratulato con tutti per l'ottimo lavoro.
The director congratulated everyone on the great work.
Non ti sei ancora congratulato con Marco per la laurea?
Haven't you congratulated Marco on his graduation yet?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| congratulare | infinitive |
| mi congratulo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| ti congratuli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| si congratula | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ci congratuliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| vi congratulate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| si congratulano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mi congratulavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ti congratulavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| si congratulava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ci congratulavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| vi congratulavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| si congratulavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mi congratulai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| ti congratulasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| si congratulò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| ci congratulammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| vi congratulaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| si congratularono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| mi congratulerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| ti congratulerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| si congratulerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| ci congratuleremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| vi congratulerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| si congratuleranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| mi congratuli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| ti congratuli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| si congratuli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ci congratuliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| vi congratuliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| si congratulino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| mi congratulassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| ti congratulassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| si congratulasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| ci congratulassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| vi congratulaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| si congratulassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| mi congratulerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| ti congratuleresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| si congratulerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| ci congratuleremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| vi congratulereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| si congratulerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| congratulati | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| congratuliamoci | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| congratulatevi | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| congratulando | gerund |
| congratulato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Almost exclusively used as the pronominal verb 'congratularsi con qualcuno per qualcosa'.
- Takes 'essere' as auxiliary in compound tenses: 'si è congratulato'.
- present: mi congratulo, ti congratuli, si congratula, ci congratuliamo, vi congratulate, si congratulano