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It's been a while since I've done one of these! I've decided to get back in the swing of posting Puertoricanisms now that the holidays are winding down.
This week's "word of the week" is the verb janguear, or janguiar. For those of you who don't speak Spanish, j is pronounced like h, so the word sounds like "han-gee-ar". It comes from the expression in English "to hang out": jang, from the word "hang", plus the Spanish verb ending -ar. From this verb, we also get the noun jangueo (han-gay-oh), or "hang-out".
Both of these are expressions are extremely popular among younger generations, and are now pretty much mainstream. In good Puerto Rican, used in a sentence it would be something like:
Mano, vamo' a janguear este wikén!
[Bro, let's hang out this weekend!]
That little words that make's me happy, because give the way to express exactly what I'm feeling! :) Great Post!
ReplyDeleteGracias!!! I agree, it's a great word :)
Deleteme encanta este tipo de post. Enseño el español a los jovenes y las comparto esas cosas en mis clases. Cuando algo les aparece "chulo o guay" a los estudiantes puedo ver el entusiasmo en los ojos. Gracias. :)
ReplyDeletegracias por leer el blog!! espero poner más cosas así en el futuro :)
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