‘Patinar’ en la Ciudad de Panamá
I learned an important new word in Spanish recently, from the local kids in Panama City:
Patinar – (v.) to skateboard.
Apparently it’s the same verb that is used for roller skating, but since roller skates are generally considered unfashionable these days, most people assume that if you’re going to patinar, you’re going to skateboard.
It should be noted that the kids in Panama take skateboarding very, very seriously. I have seen some hard-core kids back in the States, but i’ve never seen anyone nail a broken skateboard back together and ride it again. That’s real devotion.
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