Atrevete te te – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Calle 13
• Album: Calle 13

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language is about more than just words; it's about understanding culture, and 'Atrévete-te-te' by Calle 13 is a perfect gateway to the vibrant world of modern Latin music and Puerto Rican slang. The song's clever use of Spanglish and its rebellious, empowering message make it a fun and engaging way to pick up new vocabulary and get a feel for the rhythm and flow of Spanish. It's a track that's both culturally significant and incredibly catchy.

[English]

Dare, dare, dare, dare

Get out of the closet

Escape, take off your nail polish

Stop covering up, no one is going to take your picture

Get up, get hyper

Light it up, spark the starter

Ignite like a lighter

Shake off the sweat like you're a wiper

Because you're streetwise, "street fighter"

Change that serious face

That intellectual face, like an encyclopedia

I'm going to inject you with the bacteria

So you turn around like a carnival machine

Miss intellectual, I know you have

The abdominal area that's going to explode

Like a patron saint festival, it's going to explode

Like a Palestinian

I know you like Latin pop-rock

But reggaeton gets into your intestines

Under the skirt like a submarine

And brings out your Taino roots

You already know, in a thong, mama

In the name of Agüeybana

There's nothing more, I'm not going to lie to you

I know I also want to consume your parsley

And you came Amazonian like Brazil

You came to kill it like "Kill Bill"

You came to drink draft beer

You know you have a refill with me

Dare, dare, dare, dare

Get out of the closet, dare

Escape, take off your nail polish

Stop covering up, no one is going to take your picture

Get up, get hyper

Light it up, spark the starter

Ignite like a lighter

Shake off the sweat like you're a wiper

Because you're streetwise, "street fighter"

Hello, stop the show

Pull up your mini-skirt

Up to your back

Pull it up, stop the show, higher

Because now we're going to dance all night

Look, girl, do you want a sip?

It doesn't matter if you're a rapper or a hippie

If you're from Bayamón or Guaynabo city

Don't be picky with me

This is all the way down, take the tricky

This is easy, this is a piece of cake

What does it matter if you like Green Day?

What does it matter if you like Coldplay?

This is direct, non-stop, one-way

I swear to you that by law

All the Puerto Rican girls know karate

They cook with tomato sauce

They wet the rice with a bit of avocado

To harvest 14-carat butts

Dare, dare, dare, dare

Get out of the closet

Escape, take off your nail polish

Stop covering up, no one is going to take your picture

Get up, get hyper

Light it up, spark the starter

Ignite like a lighter

Shake off the sweat like you're a wiper

Because you're streetwise, "street fighter"

Dare, dare, dare, dare

Get out of the closet

Escape, take off your nail polish

Stop covering up, no one is going to take your picture

Get up, get hyper

Light it up, spark the starter

Ignite like a lighter

Shake off the sweat like you're a wiper

Because you're streetwise, "street fighter"

...

[Spanish]

Atrévete, te, te, te

Salte del closet

Escápate, quítate el esmalte

Deja de taparte que nadie va a retratarte

Levántate, ponte hyper

Préndete, sácale chispas al estárter

Préndete en fuego como un lighter

Sacúdete el sudor como si fueras un wiper

Que tu eres callejera, "street fighter"

Cambia esa cara de seria

Esa cara de intelectual, de enciclopedia

Que te voy a inyectar con la bacteria

Pa' que des vuelta como machina de feria

Señorita intelectual, ya se que tienes

El área abdominal que va a explotar

Como fiesta patronal, que va a explotar

Como palestino

Yo se que a ti te gusta el pop-rock latino

Pero es que el reggaeton se te mete por los intestinos

Por debajo de la falda como un submarino

Y te saca lo de indio taino

Ya tu sabes, en tapa-rabo, mama

En el nombre de agüeybana

No hay mas na', para na' que yo te vo'a mentir

Yo se que yo también quiero consumir de tu perejil

Y tú viniste amazónica como brasil

Tú viniste a matarla como "kill bill"

Tú viniste a beber cerveza de barril

Tú sabes que tú conmigo tienes refill

Atrévete, te, te, te

Salte del closet, te

Escápate, quítate el esmalte

Deja de taparte que nadie va a retratarte

Levántate, ponte hyper

Préndete, sácale chispas al estárter

Préndete en fuego como un lighter

Sacúdete el sudor como si fueras un wiper

Que tu eres callejera, "street fighter"

Hello, deja el show

Súbete la mini-falda

Hasta la espalda

Súbetela, deja el show, más alta

Que ahora vamo'a bailar por to'a la jarda

Mira, nena, ¿Quieres un sipi?

No importa si eres rapera o eres hippie

Si eres de bayamón o de Guaynabo city

Conmigo no te pongas picky

Esto es hasta abajo, cogele el tricky

Esto es fácil, estoy es un mamey

¿Qué importa si te gusta green day?

¿Qué importa si te gusta coldplay?

Esto es directo, sin parar, one-way

Yo te lo juro de que por ley

Aquí to'a las boricuas saben karate

Ellas cocinan con salsa de tomate

Mojan el arroz con un poco de aguacate

Pa' cosechar nalgas de 14 quilates

Atrévete, te, te, te

Salte del closet

Escápate, quítate el esmalte

Deja de taparte que nadie va a retratarte

Levántate, ponte hyper

Préndete, sácale chispas al estárter

Préndete en fuego como un lighter

Sacúdete el sudor como si fueras un wiper

Que tu eres callejera, "street fighter"

Atrévete, te, te, te

Salte del closet

Escápate, quítate el esmalte

Deja de taparte que nadie va a retratarte

Levántate, ponte hyper

Préndete, sácale chispas al estárter

Préndete en fuego como un lighter

Sacúdete el sudor como si fueras un wiper

Que tu eres callejera, "street fighter"

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
salte /salˈte/ A1	verb - to jump out or away
escápate /eskˈa pate/ A2	verb - to escape or run away
quítate /kiˈta te/ A1	verb - to take off or remove
taparte /taˈpaɾ te/ A2	verb - to cover or hide oneself
levantate /leβanˈta te/ A1	verb - to stand up or rise
préndete /pɾenˈde te/ B1	verb - to turn on or ignite
sácale /ˈsaka le/ A2	verb - to take out or remove
sácalo /ˈsaka lo/ A2	verb - to take out or remove
sacúdete /saˈku de te/ A2	verb - to shake oneself
fuego /ˈfweɣo/ A2	noun - fire
como /ˈkomo/ A1	conjunction - like, as
street fighter /ˈstɾit ˈfaɪtər/ B2	noun phrase - a fighter from the street or a video game genre
mama /ˈmama/ A1	noun - mother
reggaeton /reɣaˈton/ B1	noun - a music genre from Puerto Rico with rhythmic beats
explotar /eksploˈtaɾ/ B2	verb - to explode, to burst
patronal /pa.tɾoˈnal/ B2	adjective - related to a patron saint or festival
explotar /eksploˈtaɾ/ B2	verb - to explode or burst
brasil /bɾaˈzil/ A2	noun - Brazil, country in South America

Key Grammar Structures

• Salte del closet

  ➔ Imperative mood (command form)

  ➔ The verb "Salte" is in the imperative form, giving a direct command to "jump out".

• Deja de taparte

  ➔ Imperative with reflexive pronoun (deja + infinitive + reflexive pronoun)

  ➔ The phrase "Deja de taparte" uses the imperative "deja" (stop) combined with the reflexive pronoun "te" to tell someone to stop covering themselves.

• Levántate, ponte hyper

  ➔ Imperative with reflexive pronoun + verb clause

  ➔ The phrases "Levántate" and "ponte hyper" are in the imperative, instructing someone to "get up" and "put on" something (implying energy or clothing).

• Préndete en fuego como un lighter

  ➔ Imperative with reflexive pronoun + simile (like a lighter)

  ➔ The verb "Préndete" is in the imperative, combined with the simile "como un lighter" to encourage someone to ignite or energize themselves.

• Sacúdete el sudor como si fueras un wiper

  ➔ Imperative with reflexive pronoun + simile

  ➔ The verb "Sacúdete" is in the imperative, with a simile "como si fueras un wiper" prompting someone to shake off sweat like a wiper.