alegría
Spanish, noun/aleˈɡɾia/
alegría is spelled A-L-E-G-R-Í-A (7 letters) and appears 40 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,161st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alegría is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “joy, happiness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sensación de contento que se produce debido a algo agradable”.
What does alegría mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejoy, happiness
- 2
feminineAny of various amaranths
- 3
feminineMexican candy made from amaranth seeds with honey or sugar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sensación de contento que se produce debido a algo agradable. 2. Lo que produce dicha sensación. 3. Tipo de cante flamenco. 4. Planta anual, frecuentemente utilizada en jardinería, que no suele sobrepasar los 50 centímetros, de tallos erguidos y rectos muy ramificados. Las hojas son lanceoladas y de color verde claro, tienen cortos peciolos y bordes aserrados.
noun: 1. Árbol de Méjico poco conocido y unido a la familia de las liliáceas, de hojas dentadas y aovadas y flores blancas del tamaño de una rosa.
noun: 1. Grafía obsoleta de 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 alegría
- alegrías plural
- alegrias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alegría?
- /aleˈɡɾia/
- [a.leˈɣ̞ɾi.a]
- [aleˈɣ̞ɾia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alegría
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alegría in Spanish?
alegría appears 40 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).