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alegre

Spanish, adjective

alegre is spelled A-L-E-G-R-E (6 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,314th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alegre is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “joyful, cheerful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of alegrar. With an accent, alegré is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of alegrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que está lleno de alegría”.

What does alegre mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinejoyful, cheerful

    Ella es una persona madrugadora, siempre tan alegre.

  2. 2

    femininemasculinehappy, joyous, merry

    Yo seguiré mi alegre camino en un segundo.

  3. 3

    femininemasculinelively

  4. 4

    femininemasculinelight-hearted

  5. 5

    femininemasculinejaunty (dress, attire)

  6. 6

    colloquialfemininemasculinetipsy (slightly drunk)

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

verb

as alegré
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of alegrar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que está lleno de alegría. 2. Que manifiesta en su carácter mucha alegría. 3. Que expresa alegría. 4. Realizado con alegría.

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 alegre

  • alegres feminine masculine plural
  • alegrísimo superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to alegre

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is alegre in Spanish?

alegre appears 18 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).

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