Feminine

galera

Meaning

  1. (feminine, informal) prison, jail, jug
  2. (feminine) galley (long ship propelled primarily by oars)

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
ga‧lè‧ra
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡaˈlɛ.ra/
Etymology

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

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