Apodo – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Ryan Castro, Grupo Frontera

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant sounds of 'Apodo' by Ryan Castro and Grupo Frontera, a fusion of Caribbean rhythms and Mexican musical traditions. This song offers a chance to explore Latin music's diversity while learning poignant expressions of love and heartbreak in Spanish. Experience how music can bridge cultures and convey deep emotions.

[English]

It sucks that what meant something to me meant nothing to you

Guess I never mattered much to you

Why’d you give our love a nickname when I gave you everything?

We almost got married in London

But you hide that story

It doesn’t hurt to see you with someone else, it hurts that you called our love by a different name

“Almost something,” “a crazy thing”

“Just a hookup,” “an adventure”

“The mistake of your life”

The same mistake you used to call, late at night, saying:

"My love, my sweetheart"

"My life, you loved how I did it"

If it’s gonna be trash talk, let’s just say nothing

In case one day you miss me and we get back together

You can’t force anyone to love you

If you leave, may God watch over you

You don’t have friends, you have enemies

They say bad things but hit me up in the DMs

Love comes and goes

But it always comes back like a boomerang

This story lasted a couple months

Now you say we were nothing

Damn, how it bugs me, all the stuff you say about me

If you were playing games, you should’ve told me

All those times we hooked up

No way it was just

“Almost something,” “a crazy thing”

“Just a hookup,” “an adventure”

“The mistake of your life”

The same mistake you used to call, late at night, saying:

"My love, my sweetheart"

"My life, you loved how I did it"

If it’s gonna be trash talk, let’s just say nothing

In case one day you miss me and we get back together

“Almost something,” “a crazy thing”

“Just a hookup,” “an adventure”

“The mistake of your life”

The same mistake you used to call, late at night, saying:

"My love, my sweetheart"

"My life, you loved how I did it"

If it’s gonna be trash talk, let’s just say nothing

In case one day you miss me and we get back together

[Spanish]

Está cabrón que para ti sea nada lo que pa' mí fue algo

Bien poquito te valgo

¿Por qué le pusiste apodo a este amor de nosotros cuando te lo di todo?

Casi nos casamos en Londres

Pero tú esa historia la escondes

No duele verte con otro hombre, duele que a este amor tú le pusiste otro nombre

Casi algo, una locura

Un polvito, una aventura

El error de tu vida

El mismo que en las noches encima le decías:

Mi amorcito, cariñito

Vida mía, qué rico te lo hacía

Pa' hablar mal, mejor no hablemos

Por si un día me extraña' y volvemos

A querer a nadie se obliga

Si se va, Dios me la bendiga

Tú no tiene' amigas, tú tiene' enemigas

Te hablan mal y al DM me tiran

Los amores se vienen y van

Siempre vuelven como un boomerang

Esta historia duró par de meses

Y ahora dice que no fuimos nada

Chao, cómo me jode lo que de mí has habla'o

Si era pa' jugar, me hubieras avisa'o

Tantas veces nos comimos

Es imposible que solo haya sido

Casi algo, una locura

Un polvito, una aventura

El error de tu vida

El mismo que en las noches encima le decías:

Mi amorcito, cariñito

Vida mía, qué rico te lo hacía

Pa' hablar mal, mejor no hablemos

Por si un día me extraña' y volvemos

Casi algo, una locura

Un polvito, una aventura

El error de tu vida

El mismo que en las noches encima le decías:

Mi amorcito, cariñito

Vida mía, qué rico te lo hacía

Pa' hablar mal, mejor no hablemos

Por si un día me extraña' y volvemos

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
apodo /aˈpoðo/ A2	noun - nickname
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love (romantic affection)
locura /loˈkuɾa/ B1	noun - madness, insanity
aventura /aβenˈtuɾa/ B1	noun - adventure
error /eˈroɾ/ A2	noun - mistake
vida /ˈβiða/ A1	noun - life
noche /ˈnoʧe/ A1	noun - night
boomerang /bu.meˈɾaŋ/ C1	noun - boomerang
cabrón /kaˈβɾon/ C1	adjective - badass, tough guy (slang, vulgar)
rico /ˈri.ko/ A2	adjective - tasty, delicious; also rich (wealthy)
volver /bolˈβeɾ/ A2	verb - to return
decir /deˈsiɾ/ A1	verb - to say, to tell
hablar /aβˈlaɾ/ A1	verb - to talk, to speak
jugar /xuˈɣaɾ/ A1	verb - to play
esconder /eskonˈdeɾ/ B1	verb - to hide
doler /doˈleɾ/ B1	verb - to hurt, to ache
obligar /oβliˈɣaɾ/ B2	verb - to force, to oblige
bendecir /bendeˈsiɾ/ B2	verb - to bless
valer /baˈleɾ/ A2	verb - to be worth

Key Grammar Structures

• ¿Por qué le pusiste apodo a este amor de nosotros cuando te lo di todo?

  ➔ Preterite tense (simple past) + temporal clause with "cuando"

  ➔ The verb ""pusiste"" is in the preterite, showing a completed action, and the clause "cuando" introduces another past action ""di"".

• Casi nos casamos en Londres

  ➔ "Casi" + preterite verb (expressing near‑completion)

  ➔ "Casi" modifies the preterite verb ""casamos"", indicating the wedding almost happened.

• No duele verte con otro hombre, duele que a este amor tú le pusiste otro nombre

  ➔ Infinitive after perception verb + noun clause with "que" + past tense

  ➔ The infinitive ""verte"" follows the perception verb "duele", and the clause "que... pusiste" uses the past tense to express a factual statement.

• Si se va, Dios le bendiga

  ➔ Conditional "si" + present + subjunctive in main clause (optative wish)

  ➔ "Si" introduces a condition, and the main clause uses the subjunctive "bendiga" to express a blessing or wish.

• Pa' hablar mal, mejor no hablemos

  ➔ Imperative negative with "no" + first‑person plural subjunctive (let’s‑not)

  ➔ "No" negates the suggestion, and "hablemos" is the first‑person plural subjunctive used as a polite “let’s not”.

• Por si un día me extraña' y volvemos

  ➔ "Por si" + present subjunctive (expressing precaution) + coordinated verbs

  ➔ "Por si" means “in case”, and both "extraña'" and "volvemos" are in the present subjunctive to indicate uncertainty.

• Tú no tiene' amigas, tú tiene' enemigas

  ➔ Colloquial verb ending elision (dropping "s") + present indicative

  ➔ The speaker drops the final "s" in "tienes" and "tienes" (written "tiene'") for a casual tone, while keeping the present indicative meaning "you have".

• Si era pa' jugar, me hubieras avisa'o

  ➔ Past perfect subjunctive (pluperfect subjunctive) in a conditional clause

  ➔ "Hubieras avisa'o" is the pluperfect subjunctive, showing an unreal past condition: "if you had warned me".