jalar

== Spanish == === Etymology === From halar. Compare English haul. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xaˈlaɾ/ [xaˈlaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: ja‧lar === Verb === jalar (first-person singular present jalo, first-person singular preterite jalé, past participle jalado) (transitive, informal, chiefly Latin America, Canary Islands) to pull Synonyms: halar, tirar (transitive, familiar) to draw (in); to attract (transitive, familiar) to eat with great appetite (intransitive) to pull (together) (intransitive, familiar) to hurry along; to get along (intransitive, Mexico, familiar) to function properly; to be in working order (intransitive, Mexico) to work, to have a job (Peru, colloquial, transitive) to fail (an exam, a subject or an academic year at school or university) (transitive, Mexico, vulgar, slang, reflexive, often with la, of a man) to masturbate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “jalar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “jalar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 DiPerú | Diccionario de peruanismos en línea