geral
Galician
Adjective
geral m or f (plural gerais, reintegrationist norm)Category:Galician lemmas#GERALCategory:Galician adjectives#GERALCategory:Galician epicene adjectives#GERALCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#GERALCategory:Pages with entries#GERALCategory:Pages with 3 entries#GERAL
Further reading
- “geral”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
Gayo
Pronunciation
Noun
geralCategory:Gayo lemmas#GERALCategory:Gayo nouns#GERALCategory:Gayo entries with incorrect language header#GERALCategory:Pages with entries#GERALCategory:Pages with 3 entries#GERAL
Portuguese
Etymology
Category:Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#GERALCategory:Portuguese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-#GERALFrom Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#GERALCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#GERAL gẽeral, from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#GERALCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#GERAL generālis (“general”). Doublet of generalCategory:Portuguese doublets#GERAL.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒɨˈɾal/ [ʒɨˈɾaɫ]Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#GERALCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#GERAL
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒɨˈɾa.li/Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#GERALCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#GERAL
Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#GERALAudio (Portugal (Porto)): (file) - Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -awCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/al#GERALCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/al/2 syllables#GERALCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/aw#GERALCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/aw/2 syllables#GERAL
- Hyphenation: ge‧ral
Adjective
geral m or f (plural gerais)Category:Portuguese lemmas#GERALCategory:Portuguese adjectives#GERALCategory:Portuguese epicene adjectives#GERALCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#GERALCategory:Pages with entries#GERALCategory:Pages with 3 entries#GERAL
- general
- not specific or particular
- Synonym: genérico
- Antonyms: específico, particular
- widespread
- (militaryCategory:pt:Military#GERAL, politicsCategory:pt:Politics#GERAL) having supreme rank
- governador-geral
- governor-general
- not specific or particular
Derived terms
Noun
geral m (plural gerais)Category:Portuguese lemmas#GERALCategory:Portuguese nouns#GERALCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#GERALCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#GERALCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#GERALCategory:Pages with entries#GERALCategory:Pages with 3 entries#GERAL
Related terms
Pronoun
geralCategory:Portuguese lemmas#GERALCategory:Portuguese pronouns#GERALCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#GERALCategory:Pages with entries#GERALCategory:Pages with 3 entries#GERAL
- (BrazilCategory:Brazilian Portuguese#GERAL, slangCategory:Portuguese slang#GERAL) everyone, everybody (or at least the majority of a group)
- Synonym: todo mundo
- Geral tá contra isso. ― Everybody is against that.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#GERAL
Adverb
geral (not comparable)Category:Portuguese lemmas#GERALCategory:Portuguese adverbs#GERALCategory:Portuguese uncomparable adverbs#GERALCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#GERALCategory:Pages with entries#GERALCategory:Pages with 3 entries#GERAL
- (BrazilCategory:Brazilian Portuguese#GERAL, slangCategory:Portuguese slang#GERAL) all around; everywhere (often or constantly and in many places)
- Tem gente morrendo geral! ― There are people dying everywhere!Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#GERAL
Further reading
- “geral”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “geral”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
