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aleluia.

hallelujah! (exclamation of praise to God)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

intj/a.leˈluj.ɐ/Brazil[a.leˈluɪ̯.ɐ]Brazil/a.lɛˈluj.ɐ/Portugal
  1. hallelujah! (exclamation of praise to God)

  2. finally! at last! about time (expresses that something took too long to occur)

    informal
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese aleluia, from Ecclesiastical Latin allelūia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (“Praise Yah”).

noun/a.leˈluj.ɐ/Brazil[a.leˈluɪ̯.ɐ]Brazil/a.lɛˈluj.ɐ/Portugal
  1. hallelujah; alleluia (a song of praise to God)

    feminine
  2. the part of the mass during which verses of praise to God are read

    feminine
  3. wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella, a white-flowered woodland plant)

    feminine
  4. Senna multijuga, an ornamental tree of Brazil

    feminine
  5. alate (winged form of an insect, especially of a termite)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese aleluia, from Ecclesiastical Latin allelūia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (“Praise Yah”).

noun/a.leˈluj.ɐ/Brazil[a.leˈluɪ̯.ɐ]Brazil/a.lɛˈluj.ɐ/Portugal
  1. hallelujah (an exclamation of hallelujah)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese aleluia, from Ecclesiastical Latin allelūia, from Hebrew הַלְלוּיָהּ (“Praise Yah”).

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