La Playa – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Los Planetas

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

El verano que estuviste en la playa

The summer you were at the beach

Y yo estaba solo en casa

And I was alone at home

Sin saber lo que pasaba

Not knowing what was happening

Y no me llamaste ni una sola vez

And you didn't call me even once

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Y me preguntaba qué estarías haciendo

And I wondered what you were doing

Y me mataban los celos

And jealousy was killing me

Cada vez que alguno de estos

Every time one of them

Me decía cualquier cosa sobre ti

Told me anything about you

Y me fui hasta la playa

And I went to the beach

Para ver lo que pasaba

To see what was happening

Y te estuve persiguiendo

And I was following you

Comprobando si era cierto

Checking if it was true

Lo que todos me decían sobre ti

What everyone was telling me about you

Tuve un verano que fue una pesadilla

I had a summer that was a nightmare

Si me acuerdo, me duele todavía

If I remember it, it still hurts

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Y pensaba en destrozarte todo el tiempo

And I thought about tearing you apart all the time

Hasta que te oí diciendo

Until I heard you saying

Cuánto me echaste de menos

How much you missed me

Y que no te habías podido despedir

And that you hadn't been able to say goodbye

Porque nunca pasa nada

Because nothing ever happens

Nada como esperaba

Nothing like I expected

Cada vez que intento hacerlo

Every time I try to do it

Apareces justo en medio

You appear right in the middle

Y salta por los aires cuanto planee

And everything I planned goes up in smoke

Intentando olvidarme cada día

Trying to forget me every day

Y acordándome el resto de mi vida

And remembering me for the rest of my life

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Tuve un verano que fue una pesadilla

I had a summer that was a nightmare

Si me acuerdo, me duele todavía

If I remember it, it still hurts

Me duele todavía

It still hurts

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
verano /beˈɾano/ A2	noun - summer
playa /ˈplaja/ A2	noun - beach
solo /ˈsolo/ A2	adjective - alone
pasaba /paˈsaβa/ B1	verb - was passing by / passing
preguntaba /pɾeɣunˈtaβa/ B1	verb - was asking
celos /ˈselos/ B2	noun - jealousy
decía /deˈʝi.a/ B1	verb - was saying / said
pensaba /penˈsaβa/ B1	verb - was thinking
destrozarte /destɾoˈsaɾte/ C1	verb - to destroy you
olvidarme /olβiˈðaɾme/ C1	verb - to forget me
aire /ˈaiɾe/ B2	noun - air
planear /planejɾaɾ/ C1	verb - to plan / to conceive

Key Grammar Structures

• Y me preguntaba qué estarías haciendo

  ➔ Conditional tense (imperfect subjunctive + conditional): 'estaría haciendo' expresses an ongoing hypothetical action in the past.

  ➔ The phrase uses the **conditional** to express a hypothetical scenario about actions in the past.

• Y no me llamaste ni una sola vez

  ➔ Negative past simple tense: 'no me llamaste' indicates that you did not call me at any point.

  ➔ The verb **llamaste** is in the **preterite tense**, indicating a completed action in the past; the negative form shows it did not happen.

• Y te estuve persiguiendo

  ➔ Past continuous tense: 'estuve persiguiendo' expresses an ongoing action in the past for a specific duration.

  ➔ The verb **estuve persiguiendo** employs the **pretrite of estar + gerund** to describe an action that was ongoing in the past.

• Lo que todos me decían sobre ti

  ➔ Imperfect tense: 'decían' indicates an ongoing or repeated action in the past.

  ➔ The verb **decían** is in the **imperfect tense**, used here to describe repeated or ongoing past actions.

• Intentando olvidarme cada día

  ➔ Gerund phrase: 'Intentando' shows an ongoing attempt in the present or a habitual process.

  ➔ The **gerund** 'Intentando' is used to describe an ongoing action or effort in the present or habitual context.

• Cada vez que intento hacerlo

  ➔ Subordinate clause with present tense: 'intento' (I try) indicates habitual action.

  ➔ The verb **intento** is in the **present tense**, indicating a repeated or habitual effort.