What does "janguear" mean in Puerto Rican Spanish?

What does "janguear" mean?

To hang out.

Country: 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico
Say it: hahn-geh-AR
Register: Friends & informal

How it's actually used

One of the clearest examples of Puerto Rican Spanglish becoming standard local Spanish. "Vamos a janguear" is a normal Friday invitation. "Jangueo" is the noun.

Examples

Vamos a janguear esta noche. Let's hang out tonight.
El jangueo estuvo brutal. The hangout was amazing.

Where it comes from

Directly from English "to hang out," fully conjugated into Spanish.

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