caperuza – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Fuerza Regida

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic world of Corridos Tumbados with Fuerza Regida! This song is a perfect gateway to learning modern Mexican Spanish slang and the unique cadence of urban regional music, making it a special cultural experience for language learners.

[English]

I look for you and you're not here

I called your mom, and she told me: "she went out with her friends"

You went partying, to forget all my lies

You went on a trip, you drank, you sinned

Damn, you really messed up, girl

You're not like this

You're not happy

This is a love until death

Little Red Riding Hood, where are you? Please don't hide anymore, I'm your wolf, an animal

Your dad asks: "You bastard, what did you do to my girl?"

If only you knew, old man, what your girl did to me

Damn, the flame has gone out

Since that night, it's been three nights and she hasn't called; I called and called

And you were with another guy

It's all fucked up, we're not coming back

This is a love until death

Little Red Riding Hood, where are you? Please don't hide anymore, I'm your wolf, an animal

Your dad asks: "You bastard, what did you do to my girl?"

If only you knew, old man, what your girl did to me

This love is going to kill me

But it has to happen

I wonder: where are you?

Probably with someone else

...

[Spanish]

Te busco y no estás

Le llame a tu mamá, y me dijo: "que te fuiste con amigas"

Saliste de fiesta, para olvidarte de todas mis mentiras

Te fuiste de viaje, pisteaste, pecaste

Que feo la cagaste ma'

Tú no eres así

Tú no eres feliz

Este amor es a morir

Caperuza, ¿donde estas?, porfa no te escondas mas, soy tu lobo, animal

Pregunta tu papá: "cabron, que le hiciste a mi, niña?"

Si viera, viejon, que me hizo chivo, su niña

Chale, ya se apagó la llama

Desde esa noche, van tres noches que no llama, yo llame y llame

Y tú estabas con otro güey

Que valió verga, que no vamos a volver

Este amor es a morir

Caperuza, ¿donde estas?, porfa no te escondas mas, soy tu lobo, animal

Pregunta tu papá: "cabron, que le hiciste a mi, niña?"

Si viera, viejon, que me hizo chivo, su niña

Este amor, me va a matar

Pero tiene que pasar

Me pregunto: ¿donde estás?

Seguro con alguien más

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
caperuza ka-pe-ru-sa B1	noun - little cap / hood (reference to Little Red Riding Hood)
pisteaste pis-te-as-te C1	verb - to party / to drink alcohol
pecaste pe-kas-te B1	verb - to sin
cagaste ka-gas-te C1	verb - to mess up / to screw up (slang)
escondas es-kon-das A2	verb - to hide
lobo lo-bo A1	noun - wolf
animal a-ni-mal A1	noun - animal
cabron ka-bron C1	noun - bastard / jerk (slang)
viejon vye-hon C1	noun - old man / boss / friend (slang)
chivo chi-vo C1	verb - to trick / to cheat (Mexican slang)
llama ya-ma A2	noun - flame
güey gwei C1	noun - guy / dude (slang)
matar ma-tar A2	verb - to kill

Key Grammar Structures

• Te busco y no estás

  ➔ Present Indicative with direct object pronoun

  ➔ The pronoun "Te" refers to the person being sought, used here with the verb in the present tense to indicate current action.

• Saliste de fiesta, para olvidarte de todas mis mentiras

  ➔ Preterite tense for completed past action

  ➔ The verb "Saliste" (tú form) is in the preterite, denoting a specific action that happened and finished in the past.

• Tú no eres así

  ➔ Verb 'Ser' for inherent characteristics

  ➔ The verb "eres" (from 'ser') is used because the personality trait is considered a permanent or essential characteristic.

• Porfa no te escondas más

  ➔ Negative command (Imperative)

  ➔ The structure "no te escondas" uses the present subjunctive to form a negative command (don't hide).

• Van tres noches que no llama

  ➔ Construction 'Ir' + expression of time

  ➔ "Van" here indicates the passage of time. It expresses how long an action has been happening or failing to happen.

• Si viera, viejon, que me hizo chivo

  ➔ Imperfect Subjunctive (Hypothetical/Counterfactual)

  ➔ "Viera" is the imperfect subjunctive of 'ver', used to introduce a hypothetical condition ("If you saw...").

• Que valió verga, que no vamos a volver

  ➔ Periphrastic Future (Ir + a + infinitive)

  ➔ The construction "vamos a volver" uses the present tense of 'ir' to express a future plan or intention.

• Seguro con alguien más

  ➔ Adverb of probability (probability of 'estar')

  ➔ "Seguro" functions here as an adverb meaning 'surely' or 'probably', indicating high probability of the subject's current state.