alegría

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• IPA^(key): /aleˈɡɾia/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: a‧le‧grí‧a

alegría f (plural alegrías)

1. joy

• “alegría”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “alegría”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

• alegria (Reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese alegria (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from alegre +‎ -ía.

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alegría f (plural alegrías)

1. joy

   Synonyms: alegranza, gozo, ledicia

2. (usually in the plural) lights, lungs

   Synonym: livián

• botar as alegría (“to exert oneself in excess”, literally “to throw out the lights”)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “alegria”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alegria”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alegría”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alegría”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alegría”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From alegre +‎ -ía.

• IPA^(key): /aleˈɡɾia/

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: a‧le‧grí‧a

alegría f (plural alegrías)

1. joy, happiness

   Synonyms: regocijo, júbilo

2. Any of various amaranths

• “alegría”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

• alergia, Argelia, galería, regalía