"martiear"

Question

I'm a Spanish teacher and some of my students have to call-in to an online voicemail and practice telling a story from pictures in Spanish as part of their homework. Something one of my students says has me stumped. I have spelled it the way he pronounced it, but I cannot figure out what it is. It sounds like "mar-ti-e-ar," in the context of:

"Le gusta mucho martiear."

The picture is just of a tiger smiling. Does anyone have any ideas about what he said or was trying to say? I'm guessing it is something he looked up in a dictionary and might be mispronouncing, but this student usually has very good pronunciation.

Answer 1

I can only think of martillear to hammer but that doesn't have much to do with a tiger smiling lol

Right! I That is exactly why I have no idea what it could be! Nothing I can think of that it could be close to makes any sense at all. I think I just have to wait and ask him tomorrow. - sacredheart, Nov 13, 2011

hmmm make sure you let us know lol :) - Kiwi-Girl, Nov 13, 2011

si, por favor. - Silvia, Nov 13, 2011

Martillar - 00e657d4, Nov 13, 2011

I think both work Guillermo :) martillar and martillear - Kiwi-Girl, Nov 14, 2011

Answer 2

I have a feeling this particular student is being a little bit facetious, hence the verb is "madrear"... look that one up! Pretty sure it's caló jerga, my friend....

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Madrear