Foi Intenso – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Zé Neto e Cristiano, Ana Castela
• Album: Intenso

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of Brazilian sertanejo music with "Foi Intenso." This collaboration between Zé Neto & Cristiano and Ana Castela offers a poignant look at love found at the wrong time, providing a window into the emotional depth and storytelling characteristic of the genre.

[English]

We had nothing - but our "nothing" was intense

We went through so much in so little time

You look, you seem, like the love of my life - Those who saw would say: "These two will make it"

It's a shame you came into my life when I just wanted to leave

In the late nights - During the getaways

In the heart and on the bed, you made me sway - It's a shame you came into my life when I just wanted to leave

In the late nights - During the getaways

In the heart and on the bed, you made me sway - It's a shame you came into my life when I just wanted to leave

You look, you seem, like the love of my life - Those who saw would say: "These two will make it"

It's a shame you came into my life when I just wanted to leave

In the late nights - During the getaways

In the heart and on the bed, you made me sway - It's a shame you came into my life when I just wanted to leave

In the late nights - During the getaways

In the heart and on the bed, you made me sway - It's a shame you came into my life when I just wanted to leave

[Portuguese]

A gente não tinha nada Mas o nosso “nada” foi intenso

Nós vivemos tanta coisa em tão pouco tempo

Você tem cara, jeito, de amor da minha vida Quem via falava: "Esses dois vai vingar"

Pena que entrou na minha vida quando eu só queria entrar

Nas madrugadas Nas revoadas

No coração e no colchão, 'cê deu uma balançada Pena que entrou na minha vida quando eu só queria entrar

Nas madrugadas Nas revoadas

No coração e no colchão, 'cê deu uma balançada Pena que entrou na minha vida quando eu só queria entrar

Você tem cara, jeito, de amor da minha vida Quem via falava: "Esses dois vai vingar"

Pena que entrou na minha vida quando eu só queria entrar

Nas madrugadas Nas revoadas

No coração e no colchão, 'cê deu uma balançada Pena que entrou na minha vida quando eu só queria entrar

Nas madrugadas Nas revoadas

No coração e no colchão, 'cê deu uma balançada Pena que entrou na minha vida quando eu só queria entrar

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
nada /ˈnada/ A1	noun - nothing
intenso /ĩˈtẽsu/ B1	adjective - intense
vida /ˈvida/ A1	noun - life
amor /aˈmoʁ/ A1	noun - love
coração /koɾaˈsɐ̃w/ A2	noun - heart
madrugada /madɾuˈɡadɐ/ B1	noun - early morning
revoada /ʁevoˈadɐ/ B2	noun - flock (of birds)
balançada /balãˈsada/ B2	noun - swaying
cara /ˈkaɾɐ/ A2	noun - face
jeito /ˈʒeɪtu/ B1	noun - way, manner
vingar /vĩˈɡaʁ/ B2	verb - to take revenge, to succeed

Key Grammar Structures

• A gente não tinha nada

  ➔ Past tense (imperfect)

  ➔ The phrase uses the past tense to indicate an ongoing state in the past, as in "we had nothing".

• Mas o nosso “nada” foi intenso

  ➔ Simple past tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the simple past tense to express a completed action or state, as in "our nothing was intense".

• Você tem cara, jeito, de amor da minha vida

  ➔ Present tense

  ➔ The present tense is used to describe a current state or characteristic, as in "you have the face, way of being, of the love of my life".

• Quem via falava: 'Esses dois vai vingar'

  ➔ Imperfect tense and reported speech

  ➔ The imperfect tense is used to describe ongoing actions in the past, and reported speech conveys what others said, as in "those who saw said: 'These two will succeed'".

• Pena que entrou na minha vida quando eu só queria entrar

  ➔ Subjunctive mood

  ➔ The subjunctive mood is used to express wishes or hypothetical situations, as in "too bad you entered my life when I only wanted to enter".

• Nas madrugadas, nas revoadas

  ➔ Prepositions and noun phrases

  ➔ The use of prepositions with noun phrases indicates specific times or contexts, as in "in the early mornings, in the flights".

• No coração e no colchão, 'cê deu uma balançada

  ➔ Conjunctions and compound sentences

  ➔ The use of conjunctions connects clauses to form compound sentences, as in "in the heart and on the mattress, you made a move".