alegría

Definitions of alegría
  1. noun
    a boisterous celebration; a merry festivity
    synonyms: jolgorio, juerga
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    bullicio, chacota, jarana
    noisy and mischievous merrymaking
    alborozo, algazara, embullo, holgorio
    unrestrained merrymaking
    borrachera, castaña, cuchipanda, francachela, melopea, parranda, tranca, turca
    an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
    castaña, farra, tranca, turca
    revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party
    bacanal, borrasca, orgía
    a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
    guateque
    noisy and boisterous revelry
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    celebridad, festejos, festividad
    any joyous diversion
  2. noun
    the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
    synonyms: buen humor
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    melancolía, taciturnidad, tristeza
    not conducive to cheer or good spirits
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    atributo
    an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
  3. noun
    the trait of giving little thought to danger
    synonyms: atolondramiento, aturdimiento, imprudencia, inconsciencia, temeridad
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    aventurismo
    recklessness in politics or foreign affairs
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    irreflexión
    the trait of not thinking carefully before acting
  4. noun
    something or someone that provides a source of happiness
    synonyms: deleite, delicia, fruición, gozada, gozo, halago, placer, regalo, regocijo, regodeo
  5. noun
    experiencing joy and pleasure
    synonyms: gozo, satisfacción
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    felicidad
    emotions experienced when in a state of well-being
  6. noun
    the emotion of great happiness
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    pena
    an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement
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    efervescencia, euforia
    a feeling of joy and pride
    exultación, júbilo, regocijo
    a feeling of extreme joy
    regocijo
    the feeling of lively and cheerful joy
    emoción, golpe, rubor
    the swift release of a store of affective force
    euforia, triunfalismo
    a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation
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    emoción
    any strong feeling
  7. noun
    a gay feeling
    synonyms: alborozo, broma
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    fiestas, gozo, hilaridad, júbilo, regocijo
    great merriment
    jocundidad
    a feeling facetious merriment
    jovialidad
    feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
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    felicidad
    emotions experienced when in a state of well-being
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