El Ciclón – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Rodolfo Aicardi

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Tú eres como un ciclón (ciclón, ciclón)

You are like a cyclone (cyclone, cyclone)

Tú eres como un ciclón (ciclón, ciclón)

You are like a cyclone (cyclone, cyclone)

Arrastrando con todo (ciclón, ciclón)

Dragging everything along (cyclone, cyclone)

Llevándote mi vida (ciclón, ciclón)

Taking my life away (cyclone, cyclone)

Arrastrando mi amor (ciclón, ciclón)

Dragging my love (cyclone, cyclone)

Dejándome una herida (ciclón, ciclón)

Leaving me a wound (cyclone, cyclone)

En todo mi corazón (ciclón, ciclón)

In all my heart (cyclone, cyclone)

Dejándome una herida (ciclón, ciclón)

Leaving me a wound (cyclone, cyclone)

"Raquel chincon"

"Raquel chincon"

"Cumbia hasta las seis de la mañana"

"Cumbia until six in the morning"

Tú eres viento salvaje (ciclón, ciclón)

You are wild wind (cyclone, cyclone)

Tú eres viento salvaje (ciclón, ciclón)

You are wild wind (cyclone, cyclone)

Y me puede matar (ciclón, ciclón)

And it can kill me (cyclone, cyclone)

Y me puede matar (ciclón, ciclón)

And it can kill me (cyclone, cyclone)

Eres como un huracán (ciclón, ciclón)

You are like a hurricane (cyclone, cyclone)

Violento descomunal (ciclón, ciclón)

Violent and immense (cyclone, cyclone)

Como tromba marina (ciclón, ciclón)

Like a waterspout (cyclone, cyclone)

Y me tienes en la ruina (ciclón, ciclón)

And you have me in ruins (cyclone, cyclone)

Como tromba marina

Like a waterspout

"Raquel chincon"

"Raquel chincon"

Y me puede matar (ciclón, ciclón)

And it can kill me (cyclone, cyclone)

Y me puede matar (ciclón, ciclón)

And it can kill me (cyclone, cyclone)

Eres como un huracán (ciclón, ciclón)

You are like a hurricane (cyclone, cyclone)

Violento descomunal (ciclón, ciclón)

Violent and immense (cyclone, cyclone)

Como tromba marina (ciclón, ciclón)

Like a waterspout (cyclone, cyclone)

Y me tienes en la ruina (ciclón, ciclón)

And you have me in ruins (cyclone, cyclone)

Como tromba marina

Like a waterspout

"Raquel chincon"

"Raquel chincon"

"Pa' que la bailen los mexicanos, los sonideros"

"For the Mexicans and the sound system to dance"

Ciclón, ciclón

Cyclone, cyclone

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ciclón /siˈklon/ B1	noun - a large, powerful storm with strong winds
viento /ˈbjen.to/ A2	noun - air in motion
vida /ˈbi.ða/ A1	noun - the state of being alive
amor /aˈmor/ A1	noun - a strong feeling of affection
herida /eˈɾi.ða/ B1	noun - an injury or wound
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A2	noun - the organ that pumps blood
matar /maˈtaɾ/ B1	verb - to cause the death of
huracán /uɾaˈkan/ B2	noun - a severe tropical storm
violento /bjoˈlento/ B2	adjective - characterized by strong physical force
descomunal /des.ko.muˈnal/ C1	adjective - extremely large or massive
ruina /ˈru.i.na/ B2	noun - the state of being ruined
tromba /ˈtɾom.ba/ B2	noun - a funnel-shaped cloud or storm

Key Grammar Structures

• Tú eres como un ciclón

  ➔ Use of the 'ser' verb with the preposition 'como' to compare two nouns, expressing similarity.

  ➔ This structure expresses similarity by comparing someone or something to another using 'como' ('like').

• Llevándote mi vida

  ➔ Use of the gerund 'llevando' (from 'llevar') to indicate ongoing action and the direct object pronoun 'te' for 'you'.

  ➔ The gerund form 'llevando' describes an ongoing action equivalent to 'bringing' or 'carrying', with 'te' indicating the person affected.

• Eres como un huracán

  ➔ Use of the verb 'ser' with 'como' to create a simile or metaphor, describing the person as 'like' a hurricane.

  ➔ This construction creates a simile, comparing a person to a hurricane using 'como' ('like').

• Violento descomunal

  ➔ Use of adjectives in agreement to describe a noun, emphasizing intensity and extremity.

  ➔ Adjectives placed after the noun to describe its qualities, here emphasizing something very intense or extreme.

• Y me puede matar

  ➔ Use of 'puede' (from 'poder') + infinitive to express possibility or ability; combined with 'matar' to mean 'can kill'.

  ➔ 'Puede' is the third person singular form of 'poder' (can), and combined with the infinitive 'matar', it expresses the potential or possibility that someone or something can kill.