alegria

See also: alegría, Alegría, and Alegria

Catalan

Etymology

From alegre +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ə.ləˈɣɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [a.leˈɣɾi.a]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -ia

Noun

alegria f (plural alegries)

1. (usually uncountable) joy, happiness

Related terms

• alegrar

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish alegría (“joy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aleˈɡɾija/ [a.le.ˈɡɾi.ja]
• Rhymes: -a, -ja, -ija, -rija
• Hyphenation: a‧le‧gri‧a

Noun

alegría

1. joy; happiness

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alegria. By surface analysis, alegre (“happy”) + -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.leˈɡɾi.ɐ/, /a.liˈɡɾi.ɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɨˈɡɾi.ɐ/ [ɐ.lɨˈɣɾi.ɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɨˈɡɾi.ɐ/ [ɐ.lɨˈɣɾi.ɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.lɨˈɡɾi.ɐ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.le.ˈɡɾi.ɐ/, /a.li.ˈɡɾi.ɐ/

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: a‧le‧gri‧a

Noun

alegria f (plural alegrias)

1. joy, happiness
2. party; fun
3. synonym of gergelim

Related terms

• alegre

Further reading

• “alegria”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Anagrams

• alergia, Argélia