Cola-te a Mim – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Nininho

Lyrics & Translation

[Portuguese]

[English]

Disse para parares mas não consigo

Tell me to stop, but I can't

Deixar de pensar nos teus lábios

Help but think of your lips

Colados aos meus no teu corpo

Pressed against mine on your body

Suado com o meu

Sweaty with mine

Agora não sei o que dizer

Now I don't know what to say

Olhar pro sofá e não consigo entender

Look at the sofa and can't understand

Este vazio que mora cá dentro

This emptiness inside of me

Cola-te a mim de novo

Come back to me again

Tu és o meu sufoco

You are my struggle

Sem ti eu fico louco

Without you I go crazy

Cola-te a mim de novo

Come back to me again

E agora diz-me, diz-me

And now tell me, tell me

Se estás melhor assim

If you're better like this

Se estar melhor sem mim

If it's better without me

Diz-me se o tempo não parou

Tell me if time has stopped

E se nada mudou

And if nothing has changed

Diz-me

Tell me

Cola-te a mim de novo

Come back to me again

Tu és o meu sufoco

You are my struggle

Sem ti eu fico louco

Without you I go crazy

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Cola-te a mim de novo

Come back to me again

E se eu disser que sem ti não aguento mais?

And if I say I can't take it without you anymore?

E se eu disser que sem ti não sei amar?

And if I say I don't know how to love without you?

Cola-te a mim de novo (cola)

Come back to me again (come back)

Tu és o meu sufoco

You are my struggle

Sem ti eu fico louco

Without you I go crazy

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...

Cola-te a mim de novo

Come back to me again

Cola-te a mim de novo (cola-te a mim, cola-te a mim, cola)

Come back to me again (come back to me, come back to me, come)

Tu és o meu sufoco (tu és)

You are my struggle (you are)

Sem ti eu fico louco (sem ti)

Without you I go crazy (without you)

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Cola-te a mim de novo (cola, cola, cola)

Come back to me again (come back, come back, come)

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pensar /pẽˈsaɾ/ B1	verb - to think
lembrar /lẽˈbɾaɾ/ B1	verb - to remember
beijo /ˈbɛʒu/ A2	noun - kiss
corpo /ˈkɔɾpu/ A2	noun - body
suor /swoɾ/ B1	noun - sweat
vazio /vaˈziu/ B2	adjective - empty
sufoco /suˈfɔku/ B2	noun - suffocation, distress
louco /ˈlɔku/ B2	adjective - crazy
dizer /dizˈeɾ/ A2	verb - to say, to tell
melhor /meˈʎoɾ/ B2	adjective - better
tempo /ˈtẽp.u/ B1	noun - time, tempo
mudar /muˈdaɾ/ B2	verb - to change
ficar /fiˈkaɾ/ A2	verb - to stay, to become

Key Grammar Structures

• Cola-te a mim de novo

  ➔ Imperative pronoun + reflexive verb + preposition + noun

  ➔ This is an imperative construction used to give a command or suggestion.

• sem ti eu fico louco

  ➔ Preposition + pronoun + pronoun + verb + adjective

  ➔ The preposition 'sem' expresses 'without' and is followed by pronouns to indicate absence.

• deixar de pensar nos teus lábios

  ➔ Verb + preposition + infinitive + preposition + noun + possessive determiner + noun

  ➔ The verb 'deixar de' is a common expression meaning 'to stop doing' or 'to cease.'

• Olhar pro sofá e não consigo entender

  ➔ Verb + preposition + article + noun + conjunction + negative + verb + base form

  ➔ The verb 'não consigo' combines the negative 'não' with the verb 'conseguir' (to be able to / can) in the present tense, expressing inability.

• Este vazio que mora cá dentro

  ➔ Demonstrative adjective + noun + relative pronoun + verb + adverb + preposition + noun

  ➔ The relative pronoun 'que' introduces a relative clause describing 'este vazio' (this emptiness).

• Tu és o meu sufoco

  ➔ Subject pronoun + verb + article + possessive pronoun + noun

  ➔ The sentence uses a subject pronoun and a linking verb to state a personal relationship or feeling.

• Diz-me se estás melhor assim

  ➔ Imperative + indirect object pronoun + if + present tense verb + comparative adjective

  ➔ The phrase uses an imperative with an indirect object pronoun (me) and a conditional clause.