galérer
to struggle / to have a hard time / to suffer through
Intermediate Verb
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Pronunciation
/ɡa.le.ʁe/
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Cultural Note
The verb form of 'galère' (see: galère entry). To 'galérer' is to row through life's difficulties like a prisoner chained to an oar in a galley ship. French people galérent constantly — with paperwork, with the SNCF, with understanding their phone bill. It implies prolonged, unglamorous suffering rather than a single dramatic event. 'J'ai galéré' is the punchline of every French bureaucracy story ever told.
📝 Example Sentences
J'ai galéré pour trouver un parking.
I struggled to find a parking spot.
On galère en maths cette année.
We're having a tough time in math this year.