alegre
Portuguese, adjective/aˈlɛ.ɡɾi/
alegre is spelled A-L-E-G-R-E (6 letters) and appears 63 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,529th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alegre is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “happy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of alegrar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cheio de alegria”.
What does alegre mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinehappy
- 2
femininemasculinejoyful, cheerful
- 3
colloquialfemininemasculinea bit drunk, tipsy
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. cheio de alegria
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Espírito Santo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alegre
- alegres plural
- mais alegre comparative
- o mais alegre superlative
- alegríssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alegre?
- Brazil /aˈlɛ.ɡɾi/
- Portugal /ɐˈlɛ.ɡɾɨ/
- Portugal [ɐˈlɛ.ɣɾɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alegre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alegre in Portuguese?
alegre appears 63 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).