Dec 14, 2019 19:34
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Spanish term

jangueado pa la recta

Spanish to English Other Slang
From e-mail correspondence between a woman and a male prisoner (USA):

Man: Gracias mi amorsote yo tambien las amo mucho. q has hecho no has jangueado pa la recta o para [redacted]? besos
Woman: Ayer sali pa [redacted] pero me fui rapido llevaba dias q no salia no e hecho nada

Reference comments

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Reference:

Just to help you out a bit

I've been doing this type of work (Spanish transcription and translation into English of jail calls, emails, police questioning, videos, etc.) for three years and have learnt quite a bit about Dominican and Puerto Rican street language. "Janguear" means partying or hanging out. "Pa la recta" is hard to tell. "Recta" is a name given to highways. However, it might be the name of a pub or it might even be one of those new words coined by reggaeton authors. If so, the exact meaning is really hard to find. Educated Puerto Ricans hate reggaeton and have no idea what the weird words in the songs' lyrics mean.
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree neilmac : I agree with the educated Puerto Ricans - reggaeton is sexist, LCD rubbish.
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