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A suck-up, brown-noser, or bootlicker. Someone who excessively flatters another person or does their chores just to get on their good side for no reward. (The term literally means ball-puller, originating from prisoners who carried the heavy iron leg-weights of others to help them move).
You really are a jalabolas: don't do a damn thing for him, don't be a jalabolas.
Automatically translated from Spanish
A vulgar term for an ass-kisser or brown-noser. It is a variation of jala-mecate (rope-puller), describing a person who stands by a superior's hammock to pull the rope and swing them as a way of intense flattery. (Historically, subordinates would pull the rope of a master's hammock to keep them comfortable while asking for favors).
That guy is a jalabola.
Automatically translated from Spanish
The most common Venezuelan term for a suck-up, brown-noser, or sycophant. It refers to a person who is excessively flattering to gain favor. (The expression is vulgar as it literally means ball-puller, originally referring to helpers who carried the heavy iron shackles for prisoners).
- Dude, the way you fell was so funny hahahaha - Nah, he did not fall that hard - Haaa, yes he did, you jalabolas xD
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