Blanca Navidad – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: La Oreja de Van Gogh

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Oh, blanca Navidad, sueño

Oh, white Christmas, I dream

Que todo es blanco alrededor

That everything is white all around

Blanca Nochebuena

White Christmas Eve

Mi mensajera de paz y de buen amor

My messenger of peace and good love

Oh, blanca Navidad, nieva

Oh, white Christmas, snow falls

Un blanco sueño y un cantar

A pure dream and a song

La nostalgia vuelve al hogar

Nostalgia brings me back home

Al llegar la blanca Navidad

When white Christmas arrives

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Oh, blanca Navidad, sueño

Oh, white Christmas, I dream

Que todo es blanco alrededor

That everything is white all around

(Blanca Nochebuena)

(White Christmas Eve)

(Mi mensajera de paz y de buen amor)

(My messenger of peace and good love)

La nostalgia vuelve al hogar

Nostalgia brings me back home

Al llegar la blanca Navidad

When white Christmas arrives

(La nostalgia vuelve al hogar)

(Nostalgia brings me back home)

Al llegar la blanca Navidad

When white Christmas arrives

...

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sueño /sweɲo/ B1	noun - dream
blanco /ˈblæŋko/ or /ˈblɑ̃ko/ A2	adjective - white noun - white color
navidad /naβiˈðað/ A2	noun - Christmas
nochebuena /notʃeˈβena/ A2	noun - Christmas Eve
paz /paθ/ A2	noun - peace
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A2	noun - love
nieva /ˈnjeβa/ A2	verb - snows
cantar /kanˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to sing
nostalgia /nosˈtalxja/ B2	noun - nostalgia, longing for the past
hogar /oˈɣaɾ/ A2	noun - home, household
llegar /ʝeˈɣaɾ/ A2	verb - to arrive
luz /luss/ A2	noun - light

Key Grammar Structures

• Que todo es blanco alrededor

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood + Present tense

  ➔ The phrase "que todo es blanco" uses the **subjunctive mood** to express a hypothetical or desired state.

• Mi mensajera de paz y de buen amor

  ➔ Noun phrase with 'de' to specify qualities or relationships

  ➔ The phrase "de paz y de buen amor" shows how **'de'** links nouns to describe qualities like peace and good love.

• Al llegar la blanca Navidad

  ➔ Prepositional phrase with 'al' + infinitive, indicating the moment of arrival

  ➔ The phrase "Al llegar" uses **'al'** plus an infinitive to express the **moment of arriving** or 'upon arriving'.

• Mi mensajera de paz y de buen amor

  ➔ Noun phrase with 'de' connecting qualities and relationships

  ➔ The phrase "de paz y de buen amor" exemplifies how **'de'** links nouns to describe qualities like peace and good love.

• Que todo es blanco alrededor

  ➔ Subjunctive mood with 'que' opening a clause expressing a subjective perspective

  ➔ The phrase "Que todo es blanco" employs **subjunctive mood** to reflect a subjective perception or wish.

• Al llegar la blanca Navidad

  ➔ Prepositional phrase with 'al' + infinitive, indicating a temporal event or upon arrival

  ➔ The phrase "Al llegar" uses **'al'** + infinitive to express the **moment of arrival** or an action upon reaching.