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people / folks (colloquial)Félix the underground rapper uses it
ALL. THE. TIME.So, in places where you’d normally expect
gente, he reaches for
raza...
At approx. 01:40:
Luego, mucha raza me dice, este: “Amm, ¿de dónde eres?”People often ask me: ‘Um, where are you from?’
At approx. 04:09:
Entre los albañiles, como que hay raza que es chida contigo... y hay raza que te ve morro, y dice, este…Among builders, there are people who are nice to you, and there are people who see you’re young, and say, um…
And, just like
gente, it can also be used to
address a group of people:
¡Qué onda, raza!What’s up, guys!Raza, ¿qué opinan?Guys, what do you think?Hola, raza. Ocupo ayuda.Hi, everyone. I need some help.💡 Raza also works like gente in the grammatical sense. So, we say la raza es, not la raza son!