geral

Galician

Adjective

geral m or f (plural gerais, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of xeral

Further reading

• “geral” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Gayo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡəˈral]

Noun

geral

1. name

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese gẽeral, from Latin generālis (“general”). Doublet of general.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒeˈɾaw/ [ʒeˈɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨˈɾal/ [ʒɨˈɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨˈɾal/ [ʒɨˈɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨˈɾa.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: ge‧ral

Adjective

geral m or f (plural gerais)

1. general
   1. not specific or particular

      Synonym: genérico

      Antonyms: específico, particular

   2. widespread

      Synonyms: comum, universal

      Antonym: incomum

   3. (military, politics) having supreme rank

      governador-geral

      governor-general

Derived terms

• dar uma geral
• em geral
• geralmente
• língua geral
• no geral

 

Noun

geral m (plural gerais)

1. majority

   Synonym: maioria

2. leader of a religious order
3. the cheapest seats of a stage

Related terms

• general
• generalidade
• generalíssimo
• generalização
• generalizado
• generalizar
• genérico
• género
• génese
• geração
• gerador
• gerar
• gerativo

 

Pronoun

geral

1. (Brazil, slang) everyone, everybody (or at least the majority of a group)

   Synonym: todo mundo

   Geral tá contra isso. ― Everybody is against that.

Adverb

geral (not comparable)

1. (Brazil, slang) all around; everywhere (often or constantly and in many places)

   Tem gente morrendo geral! ― There are people dying everywhere!

Further reading

• “geral”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024