Canción Para Mi Papá – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Marlore Anwandter

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the heartwarming simplicity of "Canción Para Mi Papá," a beautiful Spanish-language song perfect for young learners. Through playful lyrics and a loving message, this song celebrates the special bond between a child and their father, offering a gentle introduction to family-themed vocabulary and affectionate expressions in Spanish.

[English]

We have a friend, a true friend,

And that friend is my dad.

We play lots of jokes and he always says:

What naughty kids!

And he starts laughing.

How wonderful, how wonderful to be friends with dad.

There's no one like my little dad.

Yesterday my dad wanted to shave,

But he couldn’t find his razor.

And when he was washing his hands with soap,

Dad shouted

“The soap is a mouse!”

How wonderful, how wonderful to be friends with dad

There's no one like my little dad.

Tomorrow my dad is going to take out the car,

But I’m sure it won’t start.

I just took the spark plugs out of the engine,

A bolt and the fan belt.

How wonderful, how wonderful to be friends with dad.

There's no one like my little dad.

Last night I tied dad’s pajamas,

A knot in each sleeve and a knot in each foot.

I hid a big frog in his bed,

Why isn’t dad wanting to laugh?

How wonderful, how wonderful to be friends with dad.

There's no one like my little dad.

How wonderful, how wonderful to be friends with dad.

There's no one like my little dad.

[Spanish]

Tenemos un amigo, un amigo de verdad,

y ese amigo es mi papá.

Hacemos muchas bromas y siempre dice así:

iQué niños tan malos!

y se pone a reír.

Qué lindo, qué lindo ser amigo del papá.

Como mi papito no encuentro otro igual.

Ayer mi papito se quiso afeitar,

pero su navaja no pudo encontrar.

Y cuando se lavaba las manos con jabón,

papito lanza un grito

¡El jabón es un ratón!

Qué lindo, qué lindo ser amigo de papá

Como mi papito no encuentro otro igual.

Mañana mi papito el carro va a sacar,

pero estoy seguro que no va a andar.

Acabo de sacarle las bujías al motor,

un perno y la correa del ventilador.

Qué lindo, qué lindo ser amigo del papá.

Como mi papito no encuentro otro igual.

Anoche a la pijama del papá yo le amarré,

un nudo en cada manga y un nudo en cada pie.

Un sapo muy gordo en su cama le escondí,

qué pasa que papito no se quiere reír.

Qué lindo, qué lindo ser amigo del papá.

Como mi papito no encuentro otro igual.

Qué lindo, qué lindo ser amigo del papá.

Como mi papito no encuentro otro igual.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amigo /aˈmiɣo/ A1	noun - friend
papá /paˈpa/ A1	noun - dad
bromas /ˈbɾomas/ A2	noun - jokes
lindo /ˈlindo/ A2	adjective - pretty, nice
grito /ˈɡɾito/ B1	noun - shout, scream
navaja /naˈβaxa/ B1	noun - razor
carro /ˈka.ro/ A2	noun - car
motor /moˈtoɾ/ B1	noun - engine
bujías /buˈxi.as/ B2	noun - spark plugs
correa /koˈrea/ B2	noun - belt
pijama /piˈxama/ A2	noun - pajamas
nudo /ˈnuðo/ B1	noun - knot
sapo /ˈsapo/ B1	noun - toad

Key Grammar Structures

• Nuestro amigo es mi papá.

  ➔ The use of 'es' (ser) to indicate identity or characteristic.

  ➔ 'Es' is a present tense form of 'ser' (to be), used to describe what something or someone is.

• Mi papá se quiso afeitar.

  ➔ Reflexive verb 'quisiera' indicating the subject's desire.

  ➔ 'Quiso' is the third person singular past tense of 'querer' (to want), and 'se' indicates reflexivity, meaning the subject is performing the action on itself.

• Papito lanzó un grito.

  ➔ Use of 'lanzó' (lanzar) in preterite tense to express past action.

  ➔ 'Lanzó' is the third person singular preterite form of 'lanzar' (to throw or shout), indicating a completed action in the past.

• Mi papá y yo hacemos bromas.

  ➔ Use of the present tense 'hacemos' (hacer) to express habitual actions.

  ➔ 'Hacemos' is the first person plural form of 'hacer' (to do or make) in present tense, indicating ongoing or habitual actions.

• Qué lindo, ser amigo del papá.

  ➔ Use of 'ser' (in infinitive form) to express the idea of being or existence.

  ➔ 'Ser' is the infinitive form of the verb meaning 'to be,' used here to express a state or quality of being friends.