fijarlos

Fijarlos is a Spanish verbal construction formed by combining the verb fijar with the direct object pronoun los. It expresses the action of fixing, attaching, or setting a group of masculine plural objects. The pronoun la or los must agree with the gender and number of the object: los for masculine plural, las for feminine plural, or lo/los/las for mixed or compound references as appropriate to the context.

Grammatical use and placement:

Fijarlos can appear with the finite verb or attached to an infinitive, gerund, or participle, yielding forms such as voy a fijarlos or tengo que fijarlos. This clitic-cluster allows you to specify what is being fixed without repeating the noun. If the objects are feminine, the form would be fijarlas instead of fijarlos.

Semantic scope:

The meaning of fijar can be physical or figurative. Physically, it may refer to attaching or securing items to a surface, for example, fijarlos a una pared. Figuratively, it can mean to establish, determine, or set something, such as fijar una fecha, fijar un precio, or fijar prioridades, with the pronoun usage adapting to the referenced objects.

Etymology and related terms:

Fijar comes from the Latin figere and is cognate with the French fixer. Related forms include fijación (the act of fixing), fijado (fixed), and fijarse (to fix one’s attention or to fix oneself on something). The word fijarlos appears mainly in contexts discussing the action directed at a plural masculine noun, with the corresponding los/las pronouns modifying the object accordingly.