Definitions

  • Interjeição: "vamos lá!", "anda!"

Example Sentences

  • "Yala! Vamos à praia!"

Languages of Origin

  • Arabic / Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

  • Árabe coloquial يَلا yallah 'vamos lá', abreviação do Árabe clássico يا ألله ya allah 'Ó Deus!'

    • Who Uses This

      • Sephardim: Jews with Sephardi or Mizrahi heritage
      • Israel: Diaspora Jews who feel connected to Israel and have spent time there

      Regions

      • None

      Dictionaries

      • None

      Alternative Spellings

      Yala, Yalah, Yallah, Iála, Iálah

Edit     Something missing from this entry? Inaccurate? Feel free to suggest an edit.

Share this word: