to pull (Caribbean)
hablamos regular endingpienso stem changetengo irregularbusqué spelling change
Presente · What happens now or habitually
Halo la cuerda con fuerza.
I pull the rope hard.
Pretérito · A completed action in the past
El pescador haló la red.
The fisherman pulled in the net.
Imperfecto · Ongoing or habitual past; "used to"
Los bueyes halaban la carreta.
The oxen pulled the cart.
Futuro · What will happen
Halaremos la lancha hasta la orilla.
We'll pull the boat up to the shore.
Condicional · What would happen
Yo halaría más fuerte.
I'd pull harder.
Pretérito perfecto · Has/have done
Han halado la cuerda.
They've pulled the rope.
Pluscuamperfecto · Had done
Rarely used with this verb.
Futuro perfecto · Will have done
Rarely used with this verb.
Condicional perfecto · Would have done
Rarely used with this verb.
Presente de subjuntivo · Wishes, doubts, emotions about the present or future
Quiero que hales la puerta.
I want you to pull the door.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra) · Hypotheticals and past wishes; the common form
Le dije que halara la cuerda.
I told him to pull the rope.
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-se) · Same meaning as -ra; more literary
Rarely used with this verb.
Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · Subjunctive for something that has happened
Rarely used with this verb.
Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo · Contrary-to-fact past: "if I had..."
Rarely used with this verb.
Imperativo afirmativo · Commands: do it!
Hala la puerta, no empujes.
Pull the door, don't push.
Imperativo negativo · Commands: don't do it!
No hales el pelo a tu hermana.
Don't pull your sister's hair.