alegre

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

alegre (masculine and feminine plural alegres)

1. happy
2. joyful
3. (colloquial) tipsy; a bit drunk

• (happy): feliç

alegre m (Latin spelling)

1. happy

• alegrarse
• alegrete
• alegriya

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

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

alegre m or f (plural alegres, comparable)

1. happy
2. joyful
3. (colloquial) a bit drunk

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:alegre.

• feliz

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

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:alegrar.

• IPA^(key): /aˈleɡɾe/, [aˈleɣɾe]

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

alegre (plural alegres)

1. happy

   Synonym: feliz

2. joyful
3. (colloquial) a bit drunk

• alegrar
• alegremente
• alegría
• alegrísimo
• alegrón

See the etymology of the main entry.

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.

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