alegre

• alegr (Alghero)

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

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

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alegre m or f (masculine and feminine plural alegres)

1. happy

   Synonym: feliç

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

• alegrement
• alegria

• “alegre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “alegre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “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.

Borrowed from Spanish alegre.

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

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.

alegre

1. (dated) to be lively

• alegrehon

Inherited 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.

• Hyphenation: a‧le‧gre

alegre m or f (plural alegres)

1. happy; joyful; gay

   Synonym: ledo

2. (colloquial) a bit drunk; tipsy

   Synonym: peneque

• 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

alegre (feminine alegra)

1. happy

• alegrarse
• alegrete
• alegriya

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• Hyphenation: a‧le‧gre

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

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

1. happy

   Synonym: feliz

2. joyful, cheerful
   • 2006, Eduardo Giffoni Flórido, As grandes personagens da história do cinema brasileiro: 1970-1979‎^[1], Fraiha, →ISBN, page 130:

     Nuno Leal Maia é um grande amigo dos amigos. Quem já conviveu ou convive com ele sabe da sua personalidade alegre e descontraída, sem estrelismo, que cativa as pessoas com o seu bom humor constante.

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3. (colloquial) a bit drunk, tipsy

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

alegre

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

• “alegre”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “alegre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /aˈleɡɾe/ [aˈle.ɣ̞ɾe]

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

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

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

alegre

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

• “alegre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024