jalonar

Spanish

Etymology

From jalón +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaloˈnaɾ/ [xa.loˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ja‧lo‧nar

Verb

jalonar (first-person singular present jalono, first-person singular preterite jaloné, past participle jalonado)

1. (transitive) to mark
2. (transitive) to mark out; to stake out

Conjugation

    Conjugation of jalonar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			jalonar
gerund			jalonando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		jalonado		jalonada
		plural		jalonados		jalonadas
		singular			plural
		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	jalono	jalonastú jalonásvos	jalona	jalonamos	jalonáis	jalonan
	imperfect	jalonaba	jalonabas	jalonaba	jalonábamos	jalonabais	jalonaban
	preterite	jaloné	jalonaste	jalonó	jalonamos	jalonasteis	jalonaron
	future	jalonaré	jalonarás	jalonará	jalonaremos	jalonaréis	jalonarán
	conditional	jalonaría	jalonarías	jalonaría	jalonaríamos	jalonaríais	jalonarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	jalone	jalonestú jalonésvos2	jalone	jalonemos	jalonéis	jalonen
	imperfect (ra)	jalonara	jalonaras	jalonara	jalonáramos	jalonarais	jalonaran
	imperfect (se)	jalonase	jalonases	jalonase	jalonásemos	jalonaseis	jalonasen
	future1	jalonare	jalonares	jalonare	jalonáremos	jalonareis	jalonaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		jalonatú jalonávos	jalone	jalonemos	jalonad	jalonen
	negative		no jalones	no jalone	no jalonemos	no jalonéis	no jalonen

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

    Selected combined forms of jalonar

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 jalonar	dative	jalonarme	jalonarte	jalonarle, jalonarse	jalonarnos	jalonaros	jalonarles, jalonarse
	accusative	jalonarme	jalonarte	jalonarlo, jalonarla, jalonarse	jalonarnos	jalonaros	jalonarlos, jalonarlas, jalonarse
with gerund jalonando	dative	jalonándome	jalonándote	jalonándole, jalonándose	jalonándonos	jalonándoos	jalonándoles, jalonándose
	accusative	jalonándome	jalonándote	jalonándolo, jalonándola, jalonándose	jalonándonos	jalonándoos	jalonándolos, jalonándolas, jalonándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative jalona	dative	jalóname	jalónate	jalónale	jalónanos	not used	jalónales
	accusative	jalóname	jalónate	jalónalo, jalónala	jalónanos	not used	jalónalos, jalónalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative jaloná	dative	jaloname	jalonate	jalonale	jalonanos	not used	jalonales
	accusative	jaloname	jalonate	jalonalo, jalonala	jalonanos	not used	jalonalos, jalonalas
with formal second-person singular imperative jalone	dative	jalóneme	not used	jalónele, jalónese	jalónenos	not used	jalóneles
	accusative	jalóneme	not used	jalónelo, jalónela, jalónese	jalónenos	not used	jalónelos, jalónelas
with first-person plural imperative jalonemos	dative	not used	jalonémoste	jalonémosle	jalonémonos	jalonémoos	jalonémosles
	accusative	not used	jalonémoste	jalonémoslo, jalonémosla	jalonémonos	jalonémoos	jalonémoslos, jalonémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative jalonad	dative	jalonadme	not used	jalonadle	jalonadnos	jalonaos	jalonadles
	accusative	jalonadme	not used	jalonadlo, jalonadla	jalonadnos	jalonaos	jalonadlos, jalonadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative jalonen	dative	jalónenme	not used	jalónenle	jalónennos	not used	jalónenles, jalónense
	accusative	jalónenme	not used	jalónenlo, jalónenla	jalónennos	not used	jalónenlos, jalónenlas, jalónense

Further reading

• “jalonar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10