Dos Oruguitas – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Sebastián Yatra
• Album: Encanto

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the heartfelt story of "Dos Oruguitas" by Sebastián Yatra, a poignant ballad from Disney's Encanto. This beautiful Spanish song uses the metaphor of two caterpillars to teach listeners about love, growth, and the power of letting go, offering a touching lesson in both language and life.

[English]

Two little caterpillars in love

Spend their nights and early mornings

Filled with hunger

They keep walking and navigating a world

That changes and keeps changing

Navigating a world

That changes and keeps changing

Two little caterpillars stop the wind

While they embrace with feeling

They keep growing, they don't know when

To find a corner

Time keeps changing

They are inseparable

And time keeps changing

Oh, little caterpillars, don't hold back anymore

They must grow apart and return

You will keep moving forward

Miracles are coming, chrysalises are coming

They must depart and build their own future

Oh, little caterpillars, don't hold back anymore

They must grow apart and return

You will keep moving forward

Miracles are coming, chrysalises are coming

They must depart and build their own future

Two little disoriented caterpillars

In two cocoons, well wrapped

With new dreams

Now they just need to do what's necessary

In a world that keeps changing

Breaking down their walls

Here comes our miracle

Our miracle

Our miracle

Our miracle

Oh, butterflies, don't hold back anymore

They must grow apart and return

You will keep moving forward

They are already miracles, breaking out of chrysalises

They must fly, they must find

Their own future

Oh, butterflies, don't hold back anymore

They must grow apart and return

You will keep moving forward

They are already miracles, breaking out of chrysalises

They must fly, they must find

Their own future

Oh, butterflies, don't hold back anymore

They must grow apart and return

You will keep moving forward

They are already miracles, breaking out of chrysalises

They must fly, they must find

Their own future

...

[Spanish]

Dos oruguitas enamoradas

Pasan sus noches y madrugadas

Llenas de hambre

Siguen andando y navegando un mundo

Que cambia y sigue cambiando

Navegando un mundo

Que cambia y sigue cambiando

Dos oruguitas paran el viento

Mientras se abrazan con sentimiento

Siguen creciendo, no saben cuándo

Buscar algún rincón

El tiempo sigue cambiando

Inseparables son

Y el tiempo sigue cambiando

Ay, oruguitas, no se aguanten más

Hay que crecer a parte y volver

Hacia adelante seguirás

Vienen milagros, vienen crisálidas

Hay que partir y construir su propio futuro

Ay, oruguitas, no se aguanten más

Hay que crecer a parte y volver

Hacia adelante seguirás

Vienen milagros, vienen crisálidas

Hay que partir y construir su propio futuro

Dos oruguitas desorientadas

En dos capullos, bien abrigadas

Con sueños nuevos

Ya solo falta hacer lo necesario

En el mundo que sigue cambiando

Tumbando sus paredes

Ahí viene nuestro milagro

Nuestro milagro

Nuestro milagro

Nuestro milagro

Ay, mariposas, no se aguanten más

Hay que crecer a parte y volver

Hacia adelante seguirás

Ya son milagros, rompiendo crisálidas

Hay que volar, hay que encontrar

Su propio futuro

Ay, mariposas, no se aguanten más

Hay que crecer a parte y volver

Hacia adelante seguirás

Ya son milagros, rompiendo crisálidas

Hay que volar, hay que encontrar

Su propio futuro

Ay, mariposas, no se aguanten más

Hay que crecer a parte y volver

Hacia adelante seguirás

Ya son milagros, rompiendo crisálidas

Hay que volar, hay que encontrar

Su propio futuro

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.