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) to pull
Synonym: halar
(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.
(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, 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

Conjugation

Conjugation of jalar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			jalar
gerund			jalando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		jalado		jalada
		plural		jalados		jaladas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	jalo	jalas^{^tú} jalás^{^vos}	jala	jalamos	jaláis	jalan
	imperfect	jalaba	jalabas	jalaba	jalábamos	jalabais	jalaban
	preterite	jalé	jalaste	jaló	jalamos	jalasteis	jalaron
	future	jalaré	jalarás	jalará	jalaremos	jalaréis	jalarán
	conditional	jalaría	jalarías	jalaría	jalaríamos	jalaríais	jalarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	jale	jales^{^tú} jalés^{^vos²}	jale	jalemos	jaléis	jalen
	imperfect (ra)	jalara	jalaras	jalara	jaláramos	jalarais	jalaran
	imperfect (se)	jalase	jalases	jalase	jalásemos	jalaseis	jalasen
	future¹	jalare	jalares	jalare	jaláremos	jalareis	jalaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		jala^{^tú} jalá^{^vos}	jale	jalemos	jalad	jalen
	negative		no jales	no jale	no jalemos	no jaléis	no jalen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of jalar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.