El Paso del Gigante – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Grupo Soñador

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of Mexican Cumbia with 'El Paso del Gigante'! This song is a fantastic gateway to learning Spanish through rhythm, offering repetitive, catchy lyrical patterns and colloquial expressions used in festive social settings. Its infectious beat makes language learning feel like a celebration.

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I am, I am a giant, it's true

A spell will make you love me

I won't ask you to surrender, I'm a giant, it's true

For you

For you, for you

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The Giant's Step

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I am

An iron giant

I am

A giant, it's true

A spell will make it happen

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For you

For you

For you

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What's up, everyone!

A spell will make it so I left you

I will win, I'm a giant, it's true, for you

For you

For you

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[Spanish]

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soy soy un gigante verdad

hechizo logrará yo te amas

no te pide a vencerá soy un gigante en

verdad por ti

por ti por ti

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El paso del gigante

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soy

un gigante de hierro

soy

un gigante verdad

de hechizo lograra

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por ti

por ti

por ti

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qué onda De todos

un hechizo logrará yo te deje

vencerá soy un picante verdad por ti

por ti

por ti

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
gigante hiˈɡante A2	adjective - huge; giant noun - a mythical being of human form but superhuman size
hechizo eˈtʃiθo B2	noun - spell; charm
lograr loˈɣɾaɾ A2	verb - to achieve; to manage to do something
vencer benˈθeɾ B1	verb - to overcome; to defeat
paso ˈpaso A1	noun - step; pace
hierro ˈjero B1	noun - iron
verdad beɾˈðað A1	noun - truth
onda ˈonda B1	noun - vibe; situation; wave

Key Grammar Structures

• Soy un gigante de hierro.

  ➔ Verb 'ser' (Present Indicative)

  ➔ The verb "soy" is the first-person singular of "ser," used here to define the speaker's identity or essence.

• Hechizo logrará.

  ➔ Verb 'lograr' (Future Tense)

  ➔ The suffix "-á" indicates the future tense of the verb "lograr" (to achieve/attain).

• Yo te dejaré vencerá.

  ➔ Periphrastic future or direct object pronoun placement

  ➔ The use of "te" as a direct object pronoun indicates the action is being performed upon the listener.

• No te pide vencerá.

  ➔ Negation with 'No'

  ➔ The particle "No" is placed before the verb to negate the statement in Spanish grammar.

• Por ti.

  ➔ Preposition 'por' + pronoun

  ➔ "Por" is used here to indicate the cause or the person for whom an action is performed.