How to pronounce “felicidades”

Hear how “felicidades (congratulations!)” sounds in Spanish, then read the breakdown below.

¡felicidades!feh-lee-see-DAH-dehs (Latin America) · feh-lee-thee-DAH-dehs (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	congratulations!
Syllables	fe · li · ci · da · des (5)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: DA.
IPA (Latin America)	/fe.li.si.ˈda.des/
IPA (Spain)	/fe.li.θi.ˈda.des/

c before e or i sounds like s in Latin America and like the "th" in "think" in most of Spain.
A d between vowels is soft, close to the "th" in "this".
Keep every vowel short and pure: a = "ah", e = "eh", i = "ee", o = "oh", u = "oo". No gliding.

¡Felicidades por tu nuevo trabajo!Congratulations on your new job!

¡Felicidades a los novios!Congratulations to the bride and groom!