# alegre
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* alegr (Alghero)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əˈle.ɣɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [aˈle.ɣɾe]
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

alegre m or f (masculine and feminine plural alegres)
* happy
    Synonym: feliç
* joyful
* (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, 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.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish alegre.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧leg‧re
* IPA: /ʔaˈleɡɾe/ [ʔɐˈl̪iɡ.ɾ̪e]

### Adjective

alegre
* (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.

### Verb

alegre
* (dated) to be lively

#### Derived terms

* alegrehon

## Galician
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈlɛɡɾe/ [aˈlɛ.ɣ̞ɾɪ]
* IPA: (standard) /aˈlɛɡɾe/ [aˈlɛ.ɣ̞ɾɪ]
* IPA: (gheada) /aˈlɛħɾe/ [aˈlɛ.ħɾɪ]
* Rhymes: -ɛɡɾe
* Rhymes: -ɛɡɾe
* Rhymes: -ɛħɾe
* Hyphenation: a‧le‧gre

### Adjective

alegre m or f (plural alegres)
* happy; joyful; gay
    Synonym: ledo
* (colloquial) a bit drunk; tipsy
    Synonym: peneque

#### Derived terms

* Alegre
* alegría

### References

* 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

## Ladino
### Adjective

alegre (feminine alegra)
* happy

#### Related terms

* alegrarse
* alegrete
* alegriya

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈlɛ.ɡɾi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈlɛ.ɡɾi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈlɛ.ɡɾe/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈlɛ.ɡɾɨ/ [ɐˈlɛ.ɣɾɨ]
* Audio (Northern Portugal):(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧le‧gre

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

alegre m or f (plural alegres, comparable, comparative mais alegre, superlative o mais alegre or alegríssimo)
* happy
    Synonym: feliz
* joyful, cheerful
** 2006, Eduardo Giffoni Flórido, As grandes personagens da história do cinema brasileiro: 1970-1979‎, 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.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (colloquial) a bit drunk, tipsy

##### Derived terms

* alegrar
* alegremente

##### Related terms

* alegria

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

alegre
* inflection of alegrar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈleɡɾe/ [aˈle.ɣ̞ɾe]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɡɾe
* Syllabification: a‧le‧gre

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

alegre m or f (masculine and feminine plural alegres)
* joyful, cheerful
    Ella es una persona madrugadora, siempre tan alegre.She is definitely a morning person, always so cheerful.
* happy, joyous, merry
    Synonym: feliz
    Yo seguiré mi alegre camino en un segundo.I'll be on my merry way in just a second.
* lively
* light-hearted
* jaunty (dress, attire)
* (colloquial) tipsy (slightly drunk)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borracho

##### Derived terms

* alegrar
* alegremente
* alegría
* alegrísimo
* alegrón

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

alegre
* inflection of alegrar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10