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Originally Posted by poli
Anyone who knows "West Side Story" ("Amor sin barreras") knows that
cool has been around before the '80's. I believe the term cool took a break in the '70's, but came back in the '80's with a vengence and still rules. It's meaning has changed. From a beat propsective, people who say cool a lot aren't cool at all.
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"West Side Story" (the movie) was produced in the 1950's. Did they use the word "cool" in that movie???
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: Caballero;110428]Are those likely understood in all countries?
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It's possible. "Bárbaro" is for sure. In Colombia I've heard "qué bacano". "bacán" is a noun that refers to a man who's nice person.
The way they say it is very peculiar, the sentence is "Ese
man es un bacán".
It's kind of low class word, not something that refined people would say

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Would it sound odd to people if I started saying it?
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It would sound odd to me, that's for sure.