alegranza
See also: Alegranza
Spanish
Etymology
From alegrar (“to make or be happy, glad”) + -anza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aleˈɡɾanθa/ [a.leˈɣ̞ɾãn̟.θa] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /aleˈɡɾansa/ [a.leˈɣ̞ɾãn.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -anθa (Spain)
- Rhymes: -ansa (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: a‧le‧gran‧za
Noun
alegranza f (uncountable)
- (rare) joyfulness, happiness
Further reading
- “alegranza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024