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Spanish
Etymology
From English hang (out) + -ear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xanɡeˈaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: jan‧gue‧ar
Verb
janguear (first-person singular present jangueo, first-person singular preterite jangueé, past participle jangueado)
- (Puerto Rico, Philippines, US) to hang out
- Synonym: hanguear
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “janguear” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010