galera

From Latin galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea), from γαλέη (galéē, “type of shellfish”), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós, “shark”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡəˈle.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡaˈle.ɾa]

galera f (plural galeres)

1. (nautical) galley
2. (printing) galley
3. mantis shrimp

• galerada

• “galera”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

galera

1. third-person singular simple future of galer

Archaic variant of galea (“galley”) used in the nautical sense, from which the primary modern usage derives.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlɛ.ra/
• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Hyphenation: ga‧lè‧ra

galera f (plural galere)

1. (informal) prison, jail, jug

   Synonyms: carcere, prigione, gattabuia

2. (nautical) galley (long ship propelled primarily by oars)

   Synonym: galea

• → French: galère
• → German: Galeere
• → Polish: galera

• galera on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

• regala

galēra

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of galērum

• "galera", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “galera”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Borrowed from Italian galera, from galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea), from γαλέη (galéē), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós).

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlɛ.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ɛra
• Syllabification: ga‧le‧ra

galera f

1. (nautical) galley (ship propelled primarily by oars)

• galera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• galera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Catalan galera, from Latin galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea), from γαλέη (galéē, “type of shellfish”), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós, “shark”).

• Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
• Hyphenation: ga‧le‧ra

galera f (plural galeras)

1. (nautical) galley
   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A Cigana [The Gypsy]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 143:

     A galera como um cavallo que obedece facilmente á pericia de um optimo cavalleiro, proejou a barra em meio das exclamações dos impacientes e saudosos passageiros.

     The galley, like a horse that easily obeys the skill of an excellent rider, crossed the bar amidst the exclamations of the impatient and nostalgic passengers.

2. (Brazil, informal) folks

   Synonyms: rapaziada, moçada, gurizada, negada

• galera on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

From galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea), from γαλέη (galéē, “type of shellfish”), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós, “shark”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈleɾa/ [ɡaˈle.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: ga‧le‧ra

galera f (plural galeras)

1. galley
2. covered wagon
3. mantis shrimp
4. (Southern Cone) top hat

   Synonyms: chistera, sombrero de copa

• “galera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024