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aleluia

Portuguese, noun/a.leˈluj.ɐ/

aleluia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hallelujah; alleluia (a song of praise to God)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “canto de alegria”.

What does aleluia mean in English?

interjection

  1. 1

    hallelujah! (exclamation of praise to God)

  2. 2

    informalfinally! at last! about time (expresses that something took too long to occur)

noun

  1. 1

    femininehallelujah; alleluia (a song of praise to God)

  2. 2

    femininethe part of the mass during which verses of praise to God are read

  3. 3

    femininewood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella, a white-flowered woodland plant)

  4. 4

    feminineSenna multijuga, an ornamental tree of Brazil

  5. 5

    femininealate (winged form of an insect, especially of a termite)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinehallelujah (an exclamation of hallelujah)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

interjection: 1. glória a Deus 2. expressa glorificação porque algo que estava ou é muito difícil porém fortuito e/ou esperado de acontecer ocorreu

noun: 1. canto de alegria 2. alegria 3. tempo da Páscoa 4. nome de uma planta, que floresce pela Páscoa

verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo aleluiar

noun: 1. sobrenome

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 aleluia

  • aleluia! canonical
  • alleluia alternative obsolete
  • aleluias plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce aleluia?

  • Brazil /a.leˈluj.ɐ/
  • Brazil [a.leˈluɪ̯.ɐ]
  • Portugal /a.lɛˈluj.ɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to aleluia

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

How common is aleluia in Portuguese?

aleluia appears 4.5 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).