Cariño – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Fran y Nico
• Album: Cariño

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into "Cariño" by Fran y Nico, a captivating blend of flamenco, urban, and Arab sounds that offers a unique window into Spanish and global musical fusion. This song, with its rich emotional depth and a narrative of complex love, is perfect for Spanish language learners. You can pick up common terms of endearment and expressions of affection, while its evocative lyrics and rhythmic diversity will immerse you in a modern Spanish soundscape unlike any other.

[English]

You truly swept me away,

What did you do to me?

With that captivating vibe,

When I met you, I knew you were for me,

You'll always be my muse.

You get a little jealous, you know.

You tell me what we should do.

That I like you way too much,

Mami, I'm feeling romantic.

You're my Morena, ah

Since I met you,

Falling in love was so easy,

But forgetting you is so hard.

Darling, darling,

Darling, I fell in love,

Everything you know, I learned from you.

Angelina, Angelina,

Darling, darling,

Darling, I fell in love,

Everything you know, I learned from you.

Angelina, Angelina, ah

That's how you've played with me.

When you leave me,

Little by little, you want to get away from me,

I keep thinking of you.

That drove me crazy, when are you coming back?

I've crossed the line.

Mami, forgive me,

You're mine and nothing else.

There's nothing else left,

There's nothing else but love.

Darling, darling,

Darling, I fell in love,

Everything you know, I learned from you.

Angelina, Angelina,

Darling, darling,

Darling, I fell in love,

Everything you know, I learned from you.

Angelina, Angelina,

If I tuck you into my bed,

Tell me, what do you say?

Don't listen to what people say,

Don't listen to the Malagueña,

[Spanish]

De verdad que tú me envolviste,

¿Qué fue lo que me hiciste?

Con ese flow de Musa,

Cuando te conocí, dije que eras pa' mí

Siempre serás mi Musa.

Tú te pones celosilla con sé

Me dices que vamos a hacer

Que me gustas más de la cuenta,

Mami, yo estoy romanticismo.

Él es mi Morena, ah

Decirme algo que te conocí

Enamorarme fue bien fácil

Pero olvidarte muy difícil.

Cariño, cariño,

Cariño, me enamoré,

Lo que sabes, te lo aprendí.

Angelina, Angelina,

Cariño, cariño,

Cariño, me enamoré,

Lo que sabes, te lo aprendí.

Angelina, Angelina, ah

Así me han pasado un bai.

Cuando te vas de mí,

Poco a poco quieres de mí

Sigo pensando en ti.

Que me enloquecía, cuando te vas a volver

Me he pasado de la raya.

Mami, perdóname,

Eres mía y nada más.

Ya que ya no hay más na' más

No hay nada más que amor.

Cariño, cariño,

Cariño, me enamoré,

Lo que sabes, te lo aprendí.

Angelina, Angelina,

Cariño, cariño,

Cariño, me enamoré,

Lo que sabes, te lo aprendí.

Angelina, Angelina,

Si te arropó a mi cama

Me dice, qué me dice

No escuches a lo que la gente dice

Que no escuches que al malagueña

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cariño /kaˈɾiɲo/ A2	noun - affection, fondness noun - darling, sweetheart (as a term of endearment)
musa /ˈmu.sa/ B1	noun - muse (source of inspiration)
enamorar /e.na.moˈɾaɾ/ A2	verb - to make someone fall in love verb - (reflexive: enamorarse) to fall in love
aprender /a.pɾenˈdeɾ/ A1	verb - to learn
saber /saˈβeɾ/ A1	verb - to know (facts, how to do something) verb - to taste (a certain way)
difícil /diˈfi.θil/ A1	adjective - difficult, hard
fácil /ˈfa.θil/ A1	adjective - easy, simple
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
decir /deˈθiɾ/ A1	verb - to say, to tell
conocer /ko.noˈθeɾ/ A1	verb - to know (a person, place, or thing) verb - to meet (for the first time)
olvidar /ol.βiˈðaɾ/ A1	verb - to forget
romanticismo /ro.man.tiˈθis.mo/ B2	noun - romanticism (as an artistic/literary movement) noun - romantic feeling or attitude
celosa /θeˈlo.sa/ B1	adjective - jealous (feminine)
morena /moˈɾe.na/ A2	adjective - brunette, dark-skinned (feminine) noun - a woman with dark hair or skin (often a term of endearment)
perdonar /peɾ.ðoˈnaɾ/ A2	verb - to forgive, to pardon, to excuse
escuchar /es.kuˈt͡ʃaɾ/ A1	verb - to listen to
raya /ˈra.ʝa/ B1	noun - line, stripe noun - (idiom: pasarse de la raya) to cross the line, to go too far
enloquecer /en.lo.keˈθeɾ/ B2	verb - to drive crazy, to madden verb - (reflexive: enloquecerse) to go crazy
envolver /em.bolˈβeɾ/ B2	verb - to wrap, to cover verb - (figurative) to involve, to captivate, to envelop (e.g., emotionally)

Key Grammar Structures

• De verdad que tú me envolviste,

  ➔ Preterite tense, Reflexive verb, Emphatic expression.

  ➔ Focus on "me envolviste" (preterite, indicating a completed action in the past, and "me" as a reflexive or direct object pronoun) and "De verdad que" (an emphatic phrase meaning "truly" or "indeed").

• ¿Qué fue lo que me hiciste?

  ➔ Interrogative phrase "Lo que", Preterite tense.

  ➔ Highlights "lo que" (a neutral relative pronoun meaning "what" or "that which") and "hiciste" (preterite tense of "hacer," indicating a completed action in the past).

• Siempre serás mi Musa.

  ➔ Simple Future tense.

  ➔ Highlights "serás" (simple future tense of "ser," indicating an action or state that will occur in the future).

• Que me gustas más de la cuenta,

  ➔ Verbs like "gustar" (indirect object construction), Comparative adverbial phrase.

  ➔ Highlights "me gustas" (a construction where the verb "gustar" agrees with the object "tú" and "me" is the indirect object pronoun, meaning "you please me") and "más de la cuenta" (an adverbial phrase meaning "more than expected" or "excessively").

• Enamorarme fue bien fácil

  ➔ Reflexive Infinitive, Preterite tense of "ser", Adverb modifying Adjective.

  ➔ Highlights "enamorarme" (a reflexive infinitive, meaning "to fall in love myself") and "fue bien fácil" (preterite of "ser" followed by the adverb "bien" modifying the adjective "fácil," meaning "was very easy").

• Lo que sabes, te lo aprendí.

  ➔ Neutral relative pronoun "Lo que", Double Object Pronouns (indirect and direct), Preterite tense.

  ➔ Highlights "Lo que" (neutral relative pronoun), "te lo" (combination of indirect object pronoun "te" and direct object pronoun "lo"), and "aprendí" (preterite of "aprender," indicating a completed action in the past).

• Sigo pensando en ti.

  ➔ Periphrastic verb "Seguir + Gerund" (to keep on doing something).

  ➔ Highlights "Sigo pensando" (a verbal periphrasis formed by "seguir" + gerund, meaning "I keep on thinking" or "I am still thinking").

• Me he pasado de la raya.

  ➔ Present Perfect tense, Idiomatic expression.

  ➔ Highlights "Me he pasado" (present perfect tense of "pasarse," a reflexive verb, indicating an action completed in the recent past or with relevance to the present) and "de la raya" (part of the idiomatic expression "pasarse de la raya," meaning "to cross the line" or "to go too far").

• Eres mía y nada más.

  ➔ Verb "Ser" for possession/ownership, Idiomatic phrase "nada más".

  ➔ Highlights "Eres mía" (verb "ser" indicating possession/belonging, "mía" as a possessive adjective agreeing with the feminine subject implied by "tú") and "nada más" (an idiomatic phrase meaning "nothing else" or "only").

• No escuches a lo que la gente dice

  ➔ Negative Imperative, Neutral relative pronoun "Lo que".

  ➔ Highlights "No escuches" (negative imperative form of "escuchar," telling someone not to do something) and "a lo que" (preposition "a" followed by the neutral relative pronoun "lo que," meaning "to what" or "to that which").