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¿Qué es la que hay?

🇵🇷 Spanish slang from Puerto Rico

What does “¿Qué es la que hay?” mean?

What's up?

Example

“¿Qué es la que hay, bro? ¿Vamos pa'l jangueo?”
What's up, bro? Are we going out?

Good to know

Also heard in the Dominican Republic and all over urbano music.

Who you can say it to

With friends, not your boss

👋 Hellos

The textbook way to say it: ¿Qué tal?

Heard in a conversation

Going out tonight

Yariel ¿Qué es la que hay? El corillo va a janguear a Santurce hoy, ¿te apuntas? 🙌
what's up?? the crew's hanging out in Santurce tonight, you in? 🙌
Alondra Acho, estoy pelá 😩 No tengo chavos ni para la guagua.
ugh I'm broke 😩 I don't even have money for the bus

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