jalar

Spanish

From halar.

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

(transitive) to pull
(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
(Peru, transitive) to fail (a candidate)

Conjugation of jalar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

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

Selected combined forms of jalar^{edit data}

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

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive jalar
	dative	jalarme	jalarte	jalarle, jalarse	jalarnos	jalaros	jalarles, jalarse
	accusative	jalarme	jalarte	jalarlo, jalarla, jalarse	jalarnos	jalaros	jalarlos, jalarlas, jalarse

with gerund jalando
	dative	jalándome	jalándote	jalándole, jalándose	jalándonos	jalándoos	jalándoles, jalándose
	accusative	jalándome	jalándote	jalándolo, jalándola, jalándose	jalándonos	jalándoos	jalándolos, jalándolas, jalándose

with informal second-person singular imperative jala
	dative	jálame	jálate	jálale	jálanos	not used	jálales
	accusative	jálame	jálate	jálalo, jálala	jálanos	not used	jálalos, jálalas

with formal second-person singular imperative jale
	dative	jáleme	not used	jálele, jálese	jálenos	not used	jáleles
	accusative	jáleme	not used	jálelo, jálela, jálese	jálenos	not used	jálelos, jálelas

with first-person plural imperative jalemos
	dative	not used	jalémoste	jalémosle	jalémonos	jalémoos	jalémosles
	accusative	not used	jalémoste	jalémoslo, jalémosla	jalémonos	jalémoos	jalémoslos, jalémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative jalad
	dative	jaladme	not used	jaladle	jaladnos	jalaos	jaladles
	accusative	jaladme	not used	jaladlo, jaladla	jaladnos	jalaos	jaladlos, jaladlas

with formal second-person plural imperative jalen
	dative	jálenme	not used	jálenle	jálennos	not used	jálenles, jálense
	accusative	jálenme	not used	jálenlo, jálenla	jálennos	not used	jálenlos, jálenlas, jálense

“jalar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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