jaloneo
Spanish, noun
jaloneo is spelled J-A-L-O-N-E-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written Spanish, the 285,965th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jaloneo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tug; tugging” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of jalonear. With an accent, jaloneó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of jalonear”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de jalonear, de regatear el precio de algo”.
What does jaloneo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetug; tugging
- 2
masculinetug of war
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of jalonear
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of jalonear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de jalonear, de regatear el precio de algo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of jaloneo
- jaloneos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to jaloneo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jaloneo in Spanish?
jaloneo appears about once in every 68 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).