Dos Oruguitas – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Sebastián Yatra
• Album: Encanto

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Dos oruguitas enamoradas

Two little caterpillars in love

Pasan sus noches y madrugadas

Spend their nights and early mornings

Llenas de hambre

Filled with hunger

Siguen andando y navegando un mundo

They keep walking and navigating a world

Que cambia y sigue cambiando

That changes and keeps changing

Navegando un mundo

Navigating a world

Que cambia y sigue cambiando

That changes and keeps changing

Dos oruguitas paran el viento

Two little caterpillars stop the wind

Mientras se abrazan con sentimiento

While they embrace with feeling

Siguen creciendo, no saben cuándo

They keep growing, they don't know when

Buscar algún rincón

To find a corner

El tiempo sigue cambiando

Time keeps changing

Inseparables son

They are inseparable

Y el tiempo sigue cambiando

And time keeps changing

Ay, oruguitas, no se aguanten más

Oh, little caterpillars, don't hold back anymore

Hay que crecer a parte y volver

They must grow apart and return

Hacia adelante seguirás

You will keep moving forward

Vienen milagros, vienen crisálidas

Miracles are coming, chrysalises are coming

Hay que partir y construir su propio futuro

They must depart and build their own future

Ay, oruguitas, no se aguanten más

Oh, little caterpillars, don't hold back anymore

Hay que crecer a parte y volver

They must grow apart and return

Hacia adelante seguirás

You will keep moving forward

Vienen milagros, vienen crisálidas

Miracles are coming, chrysalises are coming

Hay que partir y construir su propio futuro

They must depart and build their own future

Dos oruguitas desorientadas

Two little disoriented caterpillars

En dos capullos, bien abrigadas

In two cocoons, well wrapped

Con sueños nuevos

With new dreams

Ya solo falta hacer lo necesario

Now they just need to do what's necessary

En el mundo que sigue cambiando

In a world that keeps changing

Tumbando sus paredes

Breaking down their walls

Ahí viene nuestro milagro

Here comes our miracle

Nuestro milagro

Our miracle

Nuestro milagro

Our miracle

Nuestro milagro

Our miracle

Ay, mariposas, no se aguanten más

Oh, butterflies, don't hold back anymore

Hay que crecer a parte y volver

They must grow apart and return

Hacia adelante seguirás

You will keep moving forward

Ya son milagros, rompiendo crisálidas

They are already miracles, breaking out of chrysalises

Hay que volar, hay que encontrar

They must fly, they must find

Su propio futuro

Their own future

Ay, mariposas, no se aguanten más

Oh, butterflies, don't hold back anymore

Hay que crecer a parte y volver

They must grow apart and return

Hacia adelante seguirás

You will keep moving forward

Ya son milagros, rompiendo crisálidas

They are already miracles, breaking out of chrysalises

Hay que volar, hay que encontrar

They must fly, they must find

Su propio futuro

Their own future

Ay, mariposas, no se aguanten más

Oh, butterflies, don't hold back anymore

Hay que crecer a parte y volver

They must grow apart and return

Hacia adelante seguirás

You will keep moving forward

Ya son milagros, rompiendo crisálidas

They are already miracles, breaking out of chrysalises

Hay que volar, hay que encontrar

They must fly, they must find

Su propio futuro

Their own future

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
oruguitas /oɾuˈɣitas/ A2	noun - little caterpillars
cambiar /kamˈbiɾ/ A2	verb - to change
crecer /kɾeˈseɾ/ A2	verb - to grow
milagro /miˈlaɣɾo/ B1	noun - miracle
sentimiento /sentimenˈto/ B1	noun - feeling
futuro /fuˈtuɾo/ A2	noun - future
abrazar /aβɾaˈθaɾ/ B1	verb - to hug
navegar /naβeˈɣaɾ/ B1	verb - to navigate
sueños /ˈsweɲos/ A2	noun - dreams
partir /paɾˈtiɾ/ A2	verb - to leave
capullo /kaˈpuʝo/ B2	noun - cocoon
desorientadas /desoɾjenˈtadas/ B2	adjective - disoriented
romper /romˈpeɾ/ B1	verb - to break
enamoradas /enamoˈɾaðas/ B1	adjective - in love

Key Grammar Structures

• Dos oruguitas enamoradas

  ➔ Adjective agreement

  ➔ In the phrase "*enamoradas*", the adjective agrees in gender and number with the noun "*oruguitas*".

• El tiempo sigue cambiando

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase "*sigue cambiando*" uses the present continuous to indicate an ongoing action.

• Hay que crecer a parte y volver

  ➔ Impersonal expression

  ➔ The phrase "*Hay que*" is an impersonal expression used to indicate necessity.

• Vienen milagros, vienen crisálidas

  ➔ Present simple tense

  ➔ The phrase "*vienen*" uses the present simple tense to express a general truth.

• Hay que volar, hay que encontrar

  ➔ Infinitive form

  ➔ The verbs "*volar*" and "*encontrar*" are in the infinitive form, indicating actions that need to be taken.

• Con sueños nuevos

  ➔ Prepositional phrase

  ➔ The phrase "*con sueños nuevos*" is a prepositional phrase indicating accompaniment.

• Tumbando sus paredes

  ➔ Gerund form

  ➔ The phrase "*tumbando*" is in the gerund form, indicating an ongoing action related to the subject.