hang around

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hang around [jang]

tardar, haraganear.

hang around

verb:intransitive:plus_adverb

1 (spend time)

they always hang around together siempre van or andan juntos; to hang around with sb juntarse or andar con algn

Helen used to hang around with the boys she got angry when I started hanging around with older guys

2 (loiter) holgazanear

they were just hanging around, with nothing to do estaban holgazaneando, sin nada que hacer

3 (wait) quedarse a esperar

I'm not hanging around to find out no voy a quedarme (a esperar) para ver qué pasa; he got sick of hanging around waiting for me se hartó de andar de un lado para otro esperándome

I wouldn't hang about if I were you let's go - can't hang about

to keep sb hanging around hacer esperar a algn; tener a algn esperando

I've got better things to do than be kept hanging around by the likes of him they kept me hanging around for two hours only to tell me I wasn't needed that day

verb:intransitive:plus_preposition

the usual crowd who hung around the café el grupo de siempre que frecuentaba el café; schoolboys who hang around the streets after school colegiales que rondan por las calles después de clase

those people hanging around the streets at 6 am with nowhere to go he's always hanging around that group of lads I can't stand

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