What does "galera" mean?

The crowd / the gang / everybody — "you guys".

Language: 🇧🇷 Brazil
Say it: ga-LEH-ra
Register: Friends & informal

How it's actually used

A friendly word for a group of people: friends, a team, an audience. "Oi, galera!" is the Brazilian "hey guys". YouTubers use it constantly.

Examples

Oi, galera, tudo bem? Hey guys, how are you?
A galera toda vai. Everyone's going.

Where it comes from

Originally "galley" (a rowing ship); came to mean a crew, then any group.

Before you say it

Informal. For business, "pessoal" or "senhoras e senhores" is safer.

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Now actually use it out loud

Reading a definition isn't the same as saying it to someone. Lingo Kaiava is a voice tutor set to Brazilian Portuguese — it uses galera the way locals do, corrects you in the moment, and never "fixes" the way real people actually talk into textbook Brazilian Portuguese.