Cariño – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Fran y Nico
• Album: Cariño

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

De verdad que tú me envolviste,

You truly swept me away,

¿Qué fue lo que me hiciste?

What did you do to me?

Con ese flow de Musa,

With that captivating vibe,

Cuando te conocí, dije que eras pa' mí

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

Siempre serás mi Musa.

You'll always be my muse.

Tú te pones celosilla con sé

You get a little jealous, you know.

Me dices que vamos a hacer

You tell me what we should do.

Que me gustas más de la cuenta,

That I like you way too much,

Mami, yo estoy romanticismo.

Mami, I'm feeling romantic.

Él es mi Morena, ah

You're my Morena, ah

Decirme algo que te conocí

Since I met you,

Enamorarme fue bien fácil

Falling in love was so easy,

Pero olvidarte muy difícil.

But forgetting you is so hard.

Cariño, cariño,

Darling, darling,

Cariño, me enamoré,

Darling, I fell in love,

Lo que sabes, te lo aprendí.

Everything you know, I learned from you.

Angelina, Angelina,

Angelina, Angelina,

Cariño, cariño,

Darling, darling,

Cariño, me enamoré,

Darling, I fell in love,

Lo que sabes, te lo aprendí.

Everything you know, I learned from you.

Angelina, Angelina, ah

Angelina, Angelina, ah

Así me han pasado un bai.

That's how you've played with me.

Cuando te vas de mí,

When you leave me,

Poco a poco quieres de mí

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

Sigo pensando en ti.

I keep thinking of you.

Que me enloquecía, cuando te vas a volver

That drove me crazy, when are you coming back?

Me he pasado de la raya.

I've crossed the line.

Mami, perdóname,

Mami, forgive me,

Eres mía y nada más.

You're mine and nothing else.

Ya que ya no hay más na' más

There's nothing else left,

No hay nada más que amor.

There's nothing else but love.

Cariño, cariño,

Darling, darling,

Cariño, me enamoré,

Darling, I fell in love,

Lo que sabes, te lo aprendí.

Everything you know, I learned from you.

Angelina, Angelina,

Angelina, Angelina,

Cariño, cariño,

Darling, darling,

Cariño, me enamoré,

Darling, I fell in love,

Lo que sabes, te lo aprendí.

Everything you know, I learned from you.

Angelina, Angelina,

Angelina, Angelina,

Si te arropó a mi cama

If I tuck you into my bed,

Me dice, qué me dice

Tell me, what do you say?

No escuches a lo que la gente dice

Don't listen to what people say,

Que no escuches que al malagueña

Don't listen to the 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").