jalonear

Spanish

Etymology

From jalón +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaloneˈaɾ/ [xa.lo.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ja‧lo‧ne‧ar

Verb

jalonear (first-person singular present jaloneo, first-person singular preterite jaloneé, past participle jaloneado)

1. (transitive, Bolivia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) to tug
2. (transitive, Mexico) to haggle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of jalonear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			jalonear
gerund			jaloneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		jaloneado		jaloneada
		plural		jaloneados		jaloneadas
		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	jaloneo	jaloneastú jaloneásvos	jalonea	jaloneamos	jaloneáis	jalonean
	imperfect	jaloneaba	jaloneabas	jaloneaba	jaloneábamos	jaloneabais	jaloneaban
	preterite	jaloneé	jaloneaste	jaloneó	jaloneamos	jaloneasteis	jalonearon
	future	jalonearé	jalonearás	jaloneará	jalonearemos	jalonearéis	jalonearán
	conditional	jalonearía	jalonearías	jalonearía	jalonearíamos	jalonearíais	jalonearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	jalonee	jaloneestú jaloneésvos2	jalonee	jaloneemos	jaloneéis	jaloneen
	imperfect (ra)	jaloneara	jalonearas	jaloneara	jaloneáramos	jalonearais	jalonearan
	imperfect (se)	jalonease	jaloneases	jalonease	jaloneásemos	jaloneaseis	jaloneasen
	future1	jaloneare	jaloneares	jaloneare	jaloneáremos	jaloneareis	jalonearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		jaloneatú jaloneávos	jalonee	jaloneemos	jalonead	jaloneen
	negative		no jalonees	no jalonee	no jaloneemos	no jaloneéis	no jaloneen

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

Derived terms

• jaloneo

Further reading

• “jalonear”, 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