Addicted to You – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Shakira
• Album: Sale El Sol

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Shakira's "Addicted to You," a captivating Latin pop song primarily sung in Spanish, offering a fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in the language. Its vibrant merengue rhythms and passionate lyrics about infatuation provide an engaging way to pick up Spanish vocabulary and expressions in a real-world musical context.

[English]

Oh oh oh oh, ooh

Oh oh oh oh, ooh

Oh oh oh oh, ooh

...

It must be the perfume you wear

Or the water you bathe with

But every little thing you do

Seems like a feat to me

You kissed me that night

As if it were your mouth's only day

Every time I remember

I feel the weight of a rock in my chest

It's your brown eyes

With that greenish streak

It's your boyish face

And that nervous laugh

I'm addicted to you

Because your skin is a vice

Baby, I'm addicted to you

I want you to let yourself be loved

I'm addicted to you

Because your skin is a vice

Baby, I'm addicted to you

I want you to let yourself be loved

...

For the pure pleasure of floating

Now the current's carried me away

I can't sleep or eat anymore

Like decent people do

Your memory has remained

Like a brooch pinned to my pillow

And you, on the other hand, who has the memory of a fish

You don't remember anything

It's your man's hands

And the scent of your back

What has no name

Your gaze achieved it

I'm addicted to you

Because your skin is a vice

Baby, I'm addicted to you

I want you to let yourself be loved

I'm addicted to you

Because your skin is a vice

Baby, I'm addicted to you

I want you to let yourself be loved

...

Oh oh oh oh, ooh

Oh oh oh oh, ooh

Oh oh oh oh, ooh

...

[Spanish]

Oh oh oh oh, ooh

Oh oh oh oh, ooh

Oh oh oh oh, ooh

Debe ser el perfume que usas

O el agua con la que te bañas

Pero cada cosita que haces

A mí me parece una hazaña

Me besaste esa noche

Cual si fuera el único día de tu boca

Cada vez que me acuerdo

Yo siento en mi pecho el peso de una roca

Son tus ojos marrones

Con esa veta verdosa

Es tu cara de niño

Y esa risa nerviosa

I'm addicted to you

Porque es un vicio tu piel

Baby, I'm addicted to you

Quiero que te dejes querer

I'm addicted to you

Porque es un vicio tu piel

Baby, I'm addicted to you

Quiero que te dejes querer

Por el puro placer de flotar

Ahora sí me llevó la corriente

Ya no puedo dormir ni comer

Como lo hace la gente decente

Tu recuerdo ha quedado

Así como un broche prendido a mi almohada

Y tú, en cambio, que tienes memoria de pez

No te acuerdas de nada

Son tus manos de hombre

Y el olor de tu espalda

Lo que no tiene nombre

Lo logró tu mirada

I'm addicted to you

Porque es un vicio tu piel

Baby, I'm addicted to you

Quiero que te dejes querer

I'm addicted to you

Porque es un vicio tu piel

Baby, I'm addicted to you

Quiero que te dejes querer

Oh oh oh oh, ooh

Oh oh oh oh, ooh

Oh oh oh oh, ooh

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
perfume /peɾˈfume/ B1	noun - a fragrant liquid typically made from essential oils
agua /ˈaɣwa/ A1	noun - water
hazaña /aˈθaɲa/ B2	noun - a heroic deed or achievement
besaste /besaˈste/ B1	verb - you kissed
roca /ˈroka/ A2	noun - rock
siento /ˈsjento/ A1	verb - I feel
marrones /maˈrones/ A2	adjective - brown (plural)
mirada /miˈaðað/ B1	noun - gaze, look
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A2	verb - to want, to love
vicio /ˈβiθio/ B2	noun - vice, addiction
piel /pjeˈl/ A2	noun - skin
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A2	verb - to want, to love

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm addicted to you

  ➔ Present Simple tense with 'to be' and 'addicted to'

  ➔ Expresses a current state of dependence or obsession.

• Quiero que te dejes querer

  ➔ Subjunctive mood in a noun clause expressing desire

  ➔ Expresses a desire that the person allows themselves to be loved.

• Es tu cara de niño

  ➔ Use of 'de' to indicate a characteristic or attribute

  ➔ Indicates that the face has a characteristic of a boy, describing an attribute.

• Con esa veta verdosa

  ➔ Use of 'con' to mean 'with' + noun to describe features

  ➔ Describes having a greenish streak or vein in a feature, indicating a visual trait.

• Lo logró tu mirada

  ➔ Use of 'lograr' in past tense to mean 'to achieve' + direct object

  ➔ Expresses that someone has achieved or succeeded in something, with 'tu mirada' as the direct object.

• Son tus ojos marrones

  ➔ Use of 'son' (ser) in the present tense for describing characteristics

  ➔ States that the eyes are brown, describing physical appearance.

• Por el puro placer de flotar

  ➔ Use of 'por' to express purpose or reason

  ➔ Indicates the reason or purpose of floating, meaning 'for the pure pleasure'.

• Ya no puedo dormir ni comer

  ➔ Use of 'ya no' to indicate cessation or inability to do something anymore

  ➔ Expresses the inability to sleep or eat anymore due to emotional distress.