alegre

See also: Alegre and alegré

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin alacer, alacrem, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *alicer, alecrem.

Adjective

alegre (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.
• “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.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old 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

• “alegre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “alegre” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “alegre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “alegre” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “alegre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Ladino

Adjective

alegre m (Latin spelling)

1. happy

Related terms

• alegrarse
• alegrete
• alegriya

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese alegre, from Vulgar Latin *alicer, alecrem, from Latin alacer. Doublet of allegro.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ˈlɛ.ɡɾɪ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈlɛ.ɣɾɨ/
• Hyphenation: a‧le‧gre

Adjective

alegre m or f (plural alegres, comparable)

1. happy

   Synonym: feliz

2. joyful
3. (colloquial) a bit drunk

Inflection

Inflection of alegre

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	alegre	alegre	alegres	alegres
comparative	mais alegre	mais alegre	mais alegres	mais alegres
superlative	o mais alegre alegríssimo	a mais alegre alegríssima	os mais alegres alegríssimos	as mais alegres alegríssimas
augmentative	—	—	—	—
diminutive	—	—	—	—

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:alegre.

Verb

alegre

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of alegrar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of alegrar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of alegrar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of alegrar

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:alegrar.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈleɡɾe/, [a.ˈle.ɣ̝ɾe]

Etymology 1

From Latin alacer, alacrem, possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *alicer, alecrem.

Adjective

alegre (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 main entry.

Verb

alegre

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of alegrar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of alegrar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of alegrar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of alegrar.

Further reading

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