happy birthday

Greek translation: Χρόνια πολλά και να τα εκατοστήσεις!

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English term or phrase:happy birthday
Greek translation:Χρόνια πολλά και να τα εκατοστήσεις!
Entered by: Paraskevi Brunson

19:48 Dec 20, 2001
English to Greek translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: happy birthday
happy birthday
Να τα εκατοστήσεις!
Explanation:
Na ta ekatoSTEEsees! (Live to be one hundred!). This is the common Greek expression for "Happy Birthday."

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Paraskevi Brunson
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Local time: 17:43
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5 +3Να τα εκατοστήσεις!
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Να τα εκατοστήσεις!


Explanation:
Na ta ekatoSTEEsees! (Live to be one hundred!). This is the common Greek expression for "Happy Birthday."



Paraskevi Brunson
United States
Local time: 17:43
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Spyros Chryssikopoulos: WE usually add Xronia Polla (Χρόνια πολλά) Long Live!
1 hr

agree  Maria Karra: Hronia polla is the common Greek expression. Na ta ekatostnseis is a comment we add optionally.
1 hr

neutral  klaudian (X): Doesn't Greek have a "word by word" happy Birthday? (like harumeno....b-day (sorry I don't know how to say it)
1 hr

agree  Betty Revelioti: klaudian, it does have a word by word happy birthday (χαρούμενα γενέθλια - haroumena genethlia) but the most common Greek expressions are either Να τα εκατοστήσεις or Χρόνια πολλά.
3 hrs
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