jalar

From halar. Compare English haul.

• IPA^(key): /xaˈlaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ja‧lar

jalar (first-person singular present jalo, first-person singular preterite jalé, past participle jalado)

1. (transitive) to pull

   Synonym: halar

2. (transitive, familiar) to draw (in); to attract

   El circo jala a todos los hijos del pueblo.

   The circus draws all the town's children.

   Las dramatizaciones lo jalan.

   The plays appeal to him.

3. (transitive, familiar) to eat with great appetite
4. (intransitive) to pull (together)
5. (intransitive, familiar) to hurry along; to get along
6. (intransitive, Mexico, familiar) to function properly; to be in working order
7. (intransitive, Mexico) to work, to have a job
8. (Peru, transitive) to fail (an exam, a subject or an academic year at school or university)

   Asu mano, jalé tres cursos este ciclo, weón.

   Jeez man, I've failed three subjects this semester, bro

   Ojalá no jale el examen de mañana.

   I hope I don't fail tomorrow's exam

9. (transitive, Mexico, vulgar, slang, reflexive, often with la, of a man) to masturbate

• “jalar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28