alegría

See also: alegria, Alegria, and Alegría

Aragonese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aleˈɡɾia/
• Syllabification: a‧le‧grí‧a
• Rhymes: -ia

Noun

alegría f (plural alegrías)

1. joy

References

• “alegría”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “alegría”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Galician

Alternative forms

• alegria (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese alegria (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from alegre +‎ -ía.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aleˈɣɾiɐ]

Noun

alegría f (plural alegrías)

1. joy

   Synonyms: alegranza, gozo, ledicia

2. (usually in the plural) lights, lungs

   Synonym: livián

Derived terms

• botar as alegría (“to exert oneself in excess”, literally “to throw out the lights”)

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “alegria”, 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), “alegria”, 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), “alegría”, 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), “alegría”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alegría”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

From alegre +‎ -ía.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aleˈɡɾia/ [a.leˈɣ̞ɾi.a]

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: a‧le‧grí‧a

Noun

alegría f (plural alegrías)

1. joy, happiness

   Synonyms: regocijo, júbilo

2. Any of various amaranths

Derived terms

• alegría de la casa
• alegría de la huerta

Related terms

• alegrar
• alegre

Further reading

• “alegría”, 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

Anagrams

• alergia, Argelia, galería, regalía