familia
Also spelled: la familia · los míos · la gente de uno
What does familia mean?
In Panama "family" is understood broadly: it takes in second cousins, those raised in the house, compadres and lifelong neighbors. Which is why a small family gathering is thirty people.
Example
The whole familia is coming, there's about forty of us.Va a estar toda la familia, somos como cuarenta.
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