Alternative forms

• alegr (Alghero)

Etymology

Inherited from LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Latin#ALEGRECategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#ALEGRE alacrem, possibly through a Vulgar LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#ALEGRECategory:Catalan terms derived from Vulgar Latin#ALEGRE root *alecer, alecrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈle.ɣɾə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ALEGRE
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈle.ɣɾe]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ALEGRE

• Audio (Barcelona):

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  Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation#ALEGRE

Adjective

alegre m or f (masculine and feminine plural alegres)Category:Catalan lemmas#ALEGRECategory:Catalan adjectives#ALEGRECategory:Catalan epicene adjectives#ALEGRECategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#ALEGRECategory:Pages with entries#ALEGRECategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALEGRE

1. happy

   Synonym: feliç

2. joyful
3. (colloquialCategory:Catalan colloquialisms#ALEGRE) tipsy; a bit drunk

Further reading

• “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, 2026
• “alegre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “alegre”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Etymology

Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Cebuano terms borrowed from Spanish#ALEGRECategory:Cebuano terms derived from Spanish#ALEGRE alegre.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧leg‧re
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈleɡɾe/ [ʔɐˈl̪iɡ.ɾ̪e]Category:Cebuano terms with IPA pronunciation#ALEGRE

Adjective

alegreCategory:Cebuano lemmas#ALEGRECategory:Cebuano adjectives#ALEGRECategory:Cebuano terms without Badlit script#ALEGRECategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#ALEGRECategory:Pages with entries#ALEGRECategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALEGRE

1. 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.

     Category:Cebuano terms with quotations#ALEGRE

Verb

alegreCategory:Cebuano lemmas#ALEGRECategory:Cebuano verbs#ALEGRECategory:Cebuano terms without Badlit script#ALEGRECategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#ALEGRECategory:Pages with entries#ALEGRECategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALEGRE

1. to be lively

Etymology

Inherited from SpanishCategory:Chavacano terms inherited from Spanish#ALEGRECategory:Chavacano terms derived from Spanish#ALEGRE alegre (“happy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈleɡɾe/, [aˈle.ɡɾe]Category:Chavacano terms with IPA pronunciation#ALEGRE
• Hyphenation: a‧le‧gre

Adjective

alegreCategory:Chavacano lemmas#ALEGRECategory:Chavacano adjectives#ALEGRECategory:Chavacano entries with incorrect language header#ALEGRECategory:Pages with entries#ALEGRECategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALEGRE

1. happy; joyful

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#ALEGRECategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#ALEGRE alegre (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old OccitanCategory:Galician terms borrowed from Old Occitan#ALEGRECategory:Galician terms derived from Old Occitan#ALEGRE alegre, possibly through a Vulgar LatinCategory:Galician terms derived from Vulgar Latin#ALEGRE root *alicer, alecrem from LatinCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#ALEGRE alacer.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧le‧gre

Adjective

alegre m or f (plural alegres)Category:Galician lemmas#ALEGRECategory:Galician adjectives#ALEGRECategory:Galician epicene adjectives#ALEGRECategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#ALEGRECategory:Pages with entries#ALEGRECategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALEGRE

1. happy; joyful; gay

   Synonym: ledo

2. (colloquialCategory:Galician colloquialisms#ALEGRE) a bit drunk; tipsy

   Synonym: peneque

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “alegre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “alegre”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (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

Adjective

alegre (feminine alegra)Category:Ladino lemmas#ALEGRECategory:Ladino adjectives#ALEGRECategory:Ladino adjectives in Latin script#ALEGRECategory:Ladino entries with incorrect language header#ALEGRECategory:Pages with entries#ALEGRECategory:Pages with 7 entries#ALEGRE

1. happy

Pronunciation

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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  Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#ALEGRE
• Hyphenation: a‧le‧gre

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#ALEGRECategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#ALEGRE alegre, from Vulgar LatinCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin#ALEGRE *alecrem, from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#ALEGRE alacer. Doublet of alegroCategory:Portuguese doublets#ALEGRE.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “alegre”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “alegre”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “alegre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈleɡɾe/ [aˈle.ɣ̞ɾe]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#ALEGRECategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ALEGRE

• Audio (Colombia):

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  Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#ALEGRE
• Rhymes: -eɡɾeCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eɡɾe#ALEGRECategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eɡɾe/3 syllables#ALEGRE
• Syllabification: a‧le‧gre

Etymology 1

Inherited from LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#ALEGRECategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#ALEGRE alacrem, possibly through a Vulgar LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#ALEGRECategory:Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin#ALEGRE root *alicer, alecrem.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Further reading

• “alegre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025