Criminal – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Natti Natasha, Ozuna

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of modern Latin Urban music with 'Criminal.' This track is a fantastic way to learn conversational Spanish, focusing on themes of attraction and passion, while experiencing the infectious rhythms of Reggaeton that have taken the world by storm.

[English]

[music]

o

[music]

the light-skinned boy

lie. If I told you I wasn't thinking

about you, [music]

I'd want to know what you're doing.

[singing]

I call you, but the line is busy. [music]

You stole my heart like a

criminal.

Baby, I can't deny this feeling

I have for you, [music] it can't be legal.

[music] Criminal, believe it. Your style

is double, baby. So criminal, [music]

criminal.

Criminal,

criminal. [music]

Criminal. Believe it, criminal, your style.

Flaunt it for me, [music] so criminal.

Criminal, criminal. Ah.

[music]

You look at me like I make you feel bad.

[music] From afar I can observe

what your mind might be thinking. You tell me

that I let myself go. It's because

you have such a criminal flow, baby.

If my [music] I haven't seen her around,

just measuring her size and getting

wild. [music] Dance for me but with

passion and let the beat drop, it'll lift

you up. Wind. [music] If I told you that

I was thinking about you. I'd want to know

what you're doing. I call you, but

the line was busy. [music]

You stole my heart like a

criminal.

[music] Baby, I can't deny this

feeling I have for you. It can't be

criminal. [music]

Believe it, criminal, your style, your flow baby.

So criminal, [music] criminal.

Criminal,

criminal.

[music]

Criminal. So criminal. Your style, flow

mami, so [music] criminal,

criminal, criminal.

The way you [music] do it, you break the law.

You are a crime that I want to [music]

commit. If they gave life sentences

for that, you should see. To me, a

problem I don't want to solve.

[singing]

No, I'm into you, [music] I don't

want to lie to you. You, you are [singing] meant

for me, I don't want to share you. If [music]

things go bad, we'll ruin it. You haven't

been here and my body already misses you.

[music]

You look at me like I make you feel bad. From

afar I can observe what your mind

might be thinking. You tell me that I let

myself go. [music] It's because you have a

flow that's too criminal.

Criminal. Believe it, criminal. Your style,

[music] your flow baby. So criminal,

criminal. A criminal, [music][singing]

criminal,

criminal. [music]

Believe it, criminal, your style. Flaunt it for me,

so criminal,

[music] criminal, criminal

recina

the formula. [music]

[music]

[music]

[music]

[Spanish]

[música]

o

[música]

el negrito claro

miento. Si te digo que en ti no ando

pensando, [música]

quisiera saber lo que estás haciendo.

[canto]

Te llamo, pero me sale ocupado. [música]

Tú me robaste el corazón como un

criminal.

Bebé, yo no puedo negar. Esto que siento

por ti [música] no puede ser legal.

[música] Criminal, creal. Tu estilo

duplo, baby. Muy criminal, [música]

criminal.

Criminal,

criminal. [música]

Criminal. Cre criminal tu estilo.

Flómame [música] muy criminal.

Criminal criminal. Ah.

[música]

Ya tú me miras como que te pongo mal.

[música] De lejos yo puedo observar lo

que tu mente puede pensar. Tú me dices

que yo me dejo llevar. Se da porque

tiene un flow demasiado criminal baby.

Si mi [música] no la he visto por ahí

que solo la mide de Leito y se ponga así

salvaje. [música] Báilame pero con

coraje y deja que pitaca que te sube el

traje. Viento. [música] Si te digo que

en ti no ando pensando. Quisiera saber

lo que estás haciendo. Te llamo, pero me

salió ocupado. [música]

Tú me robaste el corazón como un

criminal.

[música] Bebé, yo no puedo negar esto

que siento por ti. No puede ser

negriminal. [música]

Cre criminal tu estilo, tu flow baby.

Muy criminal [música] criminal.

Criminal

criminal.

[música]

Criminal. Qué criminal. Tu estilo flow

mami muy [música] criminal,

criminal, criminal.

Como tú [música] lo haces, rompe la ley.

Tú eres un delito que yo quiero [música]

cometer. Si por eso dieran tiempo

perpetua, debieras ver. Para mí un

problema que no quiero resolver.

[canto]

No, tú me encantas, [música] yo no te

quiero mentir. Tú tú eres [canto] para

mí, no te quiero compartir. Si [música]

mala maña, la cosa se nos daña. Tú no te

has sido y ya mi cuerpo a ti te extraña.

[música]

Tú me miras como que te pongo mal. De

lejos yo puedo observar lo que tu mente

puede pensar. Tú me dices que yo me dejo

llevar. [música] Se da porque tienes un

flow demasiado de cri criminal.

Criminal. Cre criminal. Tu estilo,

[música] tu flow baby. Muy criminal,

criminal. Un criminal, [música][canto]

criminal,

criminal. [música]

Cre criminal tu estilo. Flóame muy

criminal

[música] criminal cri criminal

recina

la fórmula. [música]

[música]

[música]

[música]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
criminal kɾiminal B2	adjective - Relating to crime or illegal acts.
pensando pensando A1	verb - Thinking.
corazón koɾason A1	noun - Heart.
negar neɣaɾ A2	verb - To deny.
legal leɣal A2	adjective - Legal, lawful.
estilo estilo A2	noun - Style.
mirar miɾaɾ A1	verb - To look at.
salvaje salbaxe B1	adjective - Wild, untamed.
coraje koɾaxe B1	noun - Courage, anger.
romper rompeɾ A2	verb - To break.
delito delito B2	noun - Crime, offense.
cometer kometeɾ B1	verb - To commit.
encantar enkantaɾ A2	verb - To delight, to love something.
mentir mentiɾ A2	verb - To lie.
compartir kompaɾtiɾ A2	verb - To share.
extrañar ekstɾañaɾ A2	verb - To miss someone/something.

Key Grammar Structures

• Miento si te digo que en ti no ando pensando.

  ➔ Present participle (Gerund) with 'andar' for progressive aspect.

  ➔ "Ando pensando" implies a continuous or ongoing state of thought.

• Quisiera saber lo que estás haciendo.

  ➔ Imperfect Subjunctive to express a wish or polite request.

  ➔ "Quisiera" is a polite form of "querer" (I would like).

• Tú me robaste el corazón como un criminal.

  ➔ Preterite tense for a completed past action.

  ➔ "Robaste" is the second person singular in the Preterite tense.

• No puede ser legal.

  ➔ Verb 'ser' for inherent characteristics.

  ➔ "Ser" indicates that legality is an intrinsic quality of the feeling.

• Tú eres un delito que yo quiero cometer.

  ➔ Relative clause with 'que'.

  ➔ "Que" links the noun "delito" with the action the speaker wants to take.

• Tú no te has ido y ya mi cuerpo a ti te extraña.

  ➔ Present Perfect tense for a recent action.

  ➔ "Has ido" refers to the recent past state of leaving.

• Lo que tu mente puede pensar.

  ➔ Modal verb 'poder' to express capability or possibility.

  ➔ "Puede" indicates the capacity of the mind to think.

• Déjame observar.

  ➔ Imperative mood for commands or requests.

  ➔ "Déjame" is the imperative of "dejar" plus the direct object pronoun.