Han oido del verbo "travoltar?"

Question

I heard this verb in an online spanish course I took and it meant to disco dance (as in John Travolta.) Has anyone in spanish speaking countries heard of this verb, or was it just made up for the class? ( I like it!)

Answer 1

Hmmm, that's a new one on me, but sort of makes sense...perhaps in time it will be incorporated much like the following about Cantinflas:

The Cantinflas character was particularly adept at obfuscating the conversation when he owed somebody money, was courting an attractive young woman, or was trying to talk his way out of trouble with authorities, whom he managed to humiliate without their even being able to tell. This manner of talking became known as Cantinfleada, and it became common parlance for Spanish speakers to say "¡estás cantinfleando!" (loosely translated as you're pulling a "Cantinflas!" or you're "Cantinflassing!") whenever someone became hard to understand in conversation. The Real Academia Española officially included the verb, cantinflear (among other derivatives) in its dictionary in 1992.

So it may just have to stand the test of time... Cantinflas flourished from the 1930s on into the 1980s.... long career for México's Groucho Marx....

Answer 2

I've never heard it. Was it a good course?

It was fun, lots of humor in the course. - carcar, Jul 8, 2011

I can imagine people 'travoltando' haha - ale_rd, Jul 8, 2011

Answer 3

yeah i would guess so kinda like wikificar, which means to add to Wikipedia