alegre

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happy

∗ adjective

alegre
adjective
1happy (contento); happy-go-lucky (irreflexivo)
  • una mujer de vida alegre -> a loose woman
2cheerful, bright (que da alegría)
3tipsy (borracho)

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alegre [ah-lay’-gray]
adjective
1Merry, joyful, content, light-hearted, full of gaiety, gleeful.
2Lightsome, comic, ludicrous, facetious.
3Gay, showy, fine: applied to inanimate things.
  • Un cielo alegre -> a clear, beautiful sky
4Brilliant, pleasing: applied to colors.
5Lucky, fortunate, genial.
6Bold, reckless (atrevido).
7Fast, immoral (vida).
8Estar alegre, to be merry, to be tight.

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alegre
adjetivo
1 (feliz) [+persona] happy; [+cara, carácter] happy; cheerful
recibimos una alegre noticia we received some happy news; estar alegre (por algo) to be happy (about sth); ser alegre to be cheerful happy;o María es muy alegre María's a very cheerful happy person;o
los días alegres de mi infancia
2 (luminoso) [+día, habitación, color] bright
3 [+música, fiesta] lively
4 (familiar) (borracho)
estar alegre to be merry tipsy;o (familiar)
5 (irresponsable) thoughtless
6 (inmoral) [+vida] fast; [+chiste] (anticuado) risqué; blue
mujer de vida alegre
mujer

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