Whats “Cool” in Spanish?
(Continued from Page 1) Rupdaddy: I have heard the word bárbaro. Most of my studies have been of the Spanish of the Río de la Plata, Argentina. I know that in Uruguay, at least among the youth, they say de más. Chabela: I know that in Uruguay sometimes the youth say “de más.” Those words are the same, more or less, with what the youth say in the U.S. In Mexico, particularly Tijuana, the word curada is widely used as meaning “cool.” Sometimes recurada is heard. I’ve also heard the term chulado by people who come from Mexico City. OjitosLindos: I think in Spain the verb molar is used like gustar to mean something similar to “cool,” for example: “Me mola el cine” would mean “I like the cinema” or “the cinema is cool.” I think this is only used among young people (teenagers). I am not Spanish, so if someone could confirm this. Anderwm: Yes, you are right. Molar is a teenager thing. In Costa Rica and Nicaragua the people use tuane.
