geral
Portuguese, pronoun/ʒeˈɾaw/
geral is spelled G-E-R-A-L (5 letters) and appears 288 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 324th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geral is a Portuguese pronoun meaning “everyone, everybody (or at least the majority of a group)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does geral mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinenot specific or particular
- 2
femininemasculinewidespread
- 3
femininemasculinehaving supreme rank
governador-geral
noun
- 1
masculinemajority
- 2
masculineleader of a religious order
- 3
masculinethe cheapest seats of a stage
pronoun
- 1
Brazilslangeveryone, everybody (or at least the majority of a group)
Geral tá contra isso.
adverb
- 1
Brazilslangall around; everywhere (often or constantly and in many places)
Tem gente morrendo geral!
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. comum, genérico 2. não específico 3. amplo, universal 4. principal
noun: 1. local mais barato da arquibancada nos estádios 2. abordagem policial 3. capataz, aquela pessoa que manda 4. conjunto de todas as pessoas num dado contexto
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of geral
- gerais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce geral?
- Brazil /ʒeˈɾaw/
- Brazil [ʒeˈɾaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ʒɨˈɾal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to geral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is geral in Portuguese?
geral appears 288 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).