jalá

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

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

In summary

Borrowed from Hebrew חַלָּה (khalá).

hallah

Challah

Barches

Halle

Barkis

Bergis

Hallah

Tresses

barkis

bergis

Bar’hes

bar’hes

chałka

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