Portuguese Phrase
A gente está comemorando nosso aniversário.
Meaning
The sentence announces that a group (usually friends or family) is currently celebrating its birthday. It is informal and conveys a sense of shared joy.
When to use
Use it in casual conversation, social‑media posts, or when you’re telling someone what you’re doing at a birthday party. It’s perfect for informal gatherings and youthful contexts.
✦Grammar Breakdown
Agenteestácomemorandonossoaniversário
A gente
Colloquial pronoun meaning 'we'; it takes third‑person singular verb forms.
está
Present indicative of estar, used here as an auxiliary for the progressive.
comemorando
Gerund of comemorar; together with estar it forms the progressive 'is celebrating'.
nosso
Possessive adjective that agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies.
aniversário
Noun meaning 'birthday' or 'anniversary', masculine singular.
🗨In Conversation
A gente está comemorando nosso aniversário!
We’re celebrating our birthday!
Que legal! Posso trazer um presente?
How nice! Can I bring a gift?
✕Common Mistakes
A gente estamos comemorando nosso aniversário.
When using "a gente" the verb must stay in third‑person singular; "estamos" is for "nós".
Eu está comemorando nosso aniversário.
Subject‑verb agreement error; "eu" requires first‑person singular "estou".
A gente está comemorando nossos aniversário.
If you want to refer to a group’s birthday (e.g., a couple), you might need "nosso(s) aniversário(s)"; singular is fine for a single shared birthday.
↔Alternatives
Nós estamos comemorando nosso aniversário.
We are celebrating our birthday.
Estamos celebrando nosso aniversário.
We’re celebrating our birthday.
É o nosso aniversário, vamos festejar!
It’s our birthday, let’s party!
Cultural Tip
In Brazil birthdays are often big, noisy affairs with cake, music, and the chant “Parabéns!” (Happy Birthday). "A gente" is the go‑to informal way to say "we" among friends, but in formal writing you’d use "nós". When you hear "A gente está..." expect a relaxed, friendly tone.