Date:Wed, 27 Jan 1999 
From:"Gustavo Ansaldi" 
Organization:Banco Rio
To: Michelf
Subject: equivalent to "Cool"


Hello Michelle! There are a lot of slang words equivalents to 'cool', 
but every spanish - speaking country has its owns, and a different
pronunciation for each one. This are some examples:

Slang/word     English closest literal traduction

--==From Argentina==--

JOYA!                   JEWEL!
DE DIEZ!                it deserves ten points of ten
MATO!                   It killed
Grosso!                 Great!
Terrible                Terrible
Es una masa             It's a sledge-hammer1
masita con chocolate    cookie with chocolate!

--==From Venezuela==--
Arrecho                 really good
De pinga                really good

--==From España==--

De puta madre           it come from a bitch!

Well, this are some of the most used inthe street slang. 
Goodbye michelle!