"Buon compleanno!"

Translation: Happy birthday!

[radamantis1]

Italians says "tanti auguri" instead of "buon compleanno", isn't it?

[tfb99]

^ yes no one says buon cumpleanno it's either tanti auguri or just auguri

[kitterino]

Asked an Italian native and she said you could say the following:
Buon compleanno
Auguri di buon compleanno
Felice compleanno
Tanti auguri
Auguri
Tantissimi auguri (di buon compleanno)
Etc

[LuisPachecoP]

is FELICE a possibility?

[dddanilo]

Hmm, no one says that so I don't think so...

[osarpas]

Do Italians sing the traditional Happy Birthday song? If so what are the words to it?

[gmcolletti]

Yes, and instead of "Happy birthday to you", "Tanti auguri a te".

[peteraasch]

Could I also say "buono compleanno". It seems like spanish: they have the word "bueno", but sometimes, they use "buen" before some words. I don't get it the use of it.

[coloraday]

buono becomes buon before a vowel or a consonant followed by a vowel, l or r.

[ElHeim]

Doesn't it becomes "buon" when it appears before the noun it's modifying? That's the usage note I get on Wiktionary. That would work like in Spanish, as peteraasch says: "buen" if it goes before the noun, "bueno" if it goes after.

[Yuujen]

Yes. It can only become buon before the noun.

[GuerraAmanda]

Guys, see this http://www.arnix.it/free-italian/italian-grammar/adjectives-irregular-in-italian.php

[badbadr]

does" felice compleanno" correct ??

[roman2095]

Yes some people say that apparently

http://context.reverso.net/traduction/anglais-italien/happy+birthday

[Petra_Mambo]

Thanks Duo! Today is my birthday. You're right.

[Axel470386]

Why is "compleanno" pronounced like in Spanish: cumpleanos? Or this the speakers choice?

[herredave]

It seems that this particular speaker has a very "closed" [o] that sounds very close to [u], but the correct pronunciation is [com...], not [cum...]