alegre

See also: Alegre and alegré

Catalan

Alternative forms

• alegr (Alghero)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin alacrem, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *alecer, alecrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈle.ɣɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈle.ɣɾe]

• Audio:

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Adjective

alegre m or f (masculine and feminine plural alegres)

1. happy

   Synonym: feliç

2. joyful
3. (colloquial) tipsy; a bit drunk

Derived terms

• alegrement
• alegria

Further reading

• “alegre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “alegre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “alegre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “alegre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alegre.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧leg‧re
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈleɡɾe/ [ʔɐˈl̪iɡ.ɾ̪e]

Adjective

alegre

1. (dated) happy; joyful; lively

   Synonym: malipayon

   • 1939, F. Bok, Ang anak ni Pepe:

     “ Maayo, buotan nga bata. Dinhi magmalipayon ikaw labaw didto sa kabukiran kay alegre dinhi, " mibuyo si Asong.

     "All right, boy. Here you'll be happier in the mountains because it's happy here", Asong sighed.

Verb

alegre

1. (dated) to be lively

Derived terms

• alegrehon

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alegre (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old Occitan alegre, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *alicer, alecrem from Latin alacer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈlɛɣɾɪ]

Adjective

alegre m or f (plural alegres)

1. happy; joyful; gay

   Synonym: ledo

2. (colloquial) a bit drunk; tipsy

   Synonym: peneque

Derived terms

• Alegre
• alegría

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alegre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alegre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alegre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alegre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alegre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ladino

Adjective

alegre (Latin spelling, feminine alegra)

1. happy

Related terms

• alegrarse
• alegrete
• alegriya

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛ.ɡɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛ.ɡɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈlɛ.ɡɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈlɛ.ɡɾɨ/ [ɐˈlɛ.ɣɾɨ]

• Audio (Northern Portugal):

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• Hyphenation: a‧le‧gre

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese alegre, from Vulgar Latin *alecrem, from Latin alacer. Doublet of alegro.

Adjective

alegre m or f (plural alegres, comparable, comparative mais alegre, superlative o mais alegre or alegríssimo)

1. happy

   Synonym: feliz

2. joyful
3. (colloquial) a bit drunk, tipsy

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:alegre.

Etymology 2

Verb

alegre

1. inflection of alegrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈleɡɾe/ [aˈle.ɣ̞ɾe]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eɡɾe
• Syllabification: a‧le‧gre

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin alacrem, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *alicer, alecrem.

Adjective

alegre m or f (masculine and feminine plural alegres)

1. joyful, cheerful

   Ella es una persona madrugadora, siempre tan alegre.

   She is definitely a morning person, always so cheerful.

2. happy, joyous, merry

   Synonym: feliz

   Yo seguiré mi alegre camino en un segundo.

   I'll be on my merry way in just a second.

3. lively
4. light-hearted
5. jaunty (dress, attire)
6. (colloquial) tipsy (slightly drunk)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borracho

Derived terms

• alegrar
• alegremente
• alegría
• alegrísimo
• alegrón

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alegre

1. inflection of alegrar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “alegre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014