geral

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Pronunciation

Noun

geral

  1. name

Portuguese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

  • 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

Noun

geral m (plural gerais)

  1. majority
    Synonym: maioria
  2. leader of a religious order
  3. the cheapest seats of a stage

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!