jalá

Meaning

jalar

  1. (Latin-America, informal, transitive) to pull
  2. (familiar, transitive) to draw (in); to attract
  3. (familiar, transitive) to eat with great appetite
  4. (intransitive) to pull (together)
  5. (familiar, intransitive) to hurry along; to get along
  6. (Mexico, familiar, intransitive) to function properly; to be in working order
  7. (Mexico, intransitive) to work, to have a job
  8. (Peru, colloquial, transitive) to fail (an exam, a subject or an academic year at school or university)
  9. (Mexico, often, reflexive, slang, transitive, vulgar) to masturbate

Translations

hallah

Challah

Barches

Halle

Barkis

Bergis

Hallah

Tresses

barkis

bergis

Bar’hes

bar’hes

Hyphenated as
ja‧lá
Pronounced as (IPA)
/xaˈla/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Hebrew חַלָּה (khalá).

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