alegrar
Spanish, verb/aleˈɡɾaɾ/
alegrar is spelled A-L-E-G-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,530th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alegrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to make happy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Causar alegría”.
What does alegrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make happy
- 2
to be happy
- 3
to be glad
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Causar alegría. 2. Hermosear las cosas inanimadas. 3. Despabilar, avivar la luz con el alegrador. 4. Avivar la lumbre revolviéndola.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alegrar
- alegro first-person present singular
- alegré first-person preterite singular
- alegrado participle past
- alegrando gerund
- alegrada feminine participle past
- alegrados masculine participle past
- alegradas feminine participle past
- alegras indicative informal present
- alegrás indicative informal present
- alegra indicative present singular
- alegramos first-person indicative plural
- alegráis indicative plural present
- alegran indicative plural present
- alegraba first-person imperfect indicative
- alegrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- alegrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- alegrabais imperfect indicative plural
- alegraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alegrar?
- /aleˈɡɾaɾ/
- [a.leˈɣ̞ɾaɾ]
- [aleˈɣ̞ɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alegrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alegrar in Spanish?
alegrar appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).