Las Divinas – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Brenda Asnicar

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Nadie pasa de esta esquina

No one crosses this corner

aquí mandan las divinas

Here the divinas are in charge

porque somos gasolina

Because we are fuel

gasolina de verdad.

Real fuel, for real

Todos saben quién manda en este school

Everyone knows who runs this school

porque nosotras somos gente cool

Because we're cool people

gente que siente, con sangre caliente

People who feel, with hot blood

que quiere hacerse oir

Who want to be heard

sea como sea, aquí no entran feas

No matter what, no ugly ones here

pa, que lo veas, te voy a mostrar

Check it out, I’m gonna show you

mira esa fea, aquella otra fea

Look at that ugly one, that other ugly one

aquí no pueden entrar.

They can't get in here

Nadie pasa de esta esquina

No one crosses this corner

aquí mandan las divinas

Here the divinas are in charge

porque somos gasolina

Because we are fuel

gasolina de verdad.

Real fuel, for real

Nosotras bailamos bien you know?

We dance well, you know?

dance, dance y mucho dance

Dance, dance, and more dance

lo que pide tu corazón

Whatever your heart desires

your heart, your heart, a tí te vamos a dar.

Your heart, your heart, we’re gonna give it to you

Las divinas, las divinas, brillan, brillan, como stars

The divinas, the divinas, shine, shine like stars

fuera feas, fuera feas, para ustedes no hay lugar.

Ugly ones out, ugly ones out, no room for you

Nadie pasa de esta esquina

No one crosses this corner

aquí mandan las divinas

Here the divinas are in charge

porque somos gasolina

Because we are fuel

gasolina de verdad.

Real fuel, for real

Nadie pasa de esta esquina

No one crosses this corner

aquí mandan las divinas

Here the divinas are in charge

porque somos gasolina

Because we are fuel

gasolina de verdad

Real fuel, for real

Nadie pasa de esta esquina

No one crosses this corner

aquí mandan las divinas

Here the divinas are in charge

porque somos gasolina

Because we are fuel

gasolina de verdad

Real fuel, for real

Nadie pasa de esta esquina

No one crosses this corner

aquí mandan las divinas

Here the divinas are in charge

porque somos gasolina

Because we are fuel

gasolina de verdad

Real fuel, for real

Nadie pasa de esta esquina

No one crosses this corner

aquí mandan las divinas

Here the divinas are in charge

porque somos gasolina

Because we are fuel

gasolina de verdad

Real fuel, for real

gasolina de verdad

Real fuel, for real

fin

The end

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pasar /paˈsaɾ/ A2	verb - to pass, to go past
mandar /manˈdaɾ/ B1	verb - to send, to command, to order
esquina /esˈki.na/ A2	noun - corner
gasolina /ɡasoˈli.na/ A2	noun - gasoline, petrol
verdad /beɾˈðað/ A2	noun - truth
siente /ˈsjente/ B1	verb - to feel
quiere /ˈkjeɾe/ B1	verb - to want, to love
fuerte /fweɾˈte/ B2	adjective - strong, powerful
brillan /bɾiˈʝan/ B2	verb - to shine, to sparkle
lugar /luˈɣaɾ/ A2	noun - place, location
fin /fin/ A1	noun - end, finish

Key Grammar Structures

• Nadie pasa de esta esquina

  ➔ Use of "de" indicating origin/location

  ➔ "De esta esquina" indicates 'from this corner'. "De" connects the action of passing to the specific location.

• aquí mandan las divinas

  ➔ Third-person plural verb conjugation (mandan)

  ➔ "Mandan" is the third-person plural (they) form of the verb "mandar" (to command). It agrees with the plural subject "las divinas" (the divine ones).

• porque somos gasolina

  ➔ Use of "ser" for identification/description

  ➔ "Somos" is the first-person plural form of "ser" (to be). It identifies the subject (we) with the quality of being "gasolina" (gasoline). In Spanish, "ser" is used for permanent characteristics and identifications.

• Todos saben quién manda en este school

  ➔ Indirect question with "quién"

  ➔ The clause "quién manda en este school" is an indirect question acting as the object of the verb "saben". "Quién" means 'who' and introduces the embedded question.

• pa, que lo veas, te voy a mostrar

  ➔ Use of "para que" + subjunctive (veas) expressing purpose.

  ➔ "Pa, que lo veas" is a shortened, colloquial form of "Para que lo veas" (so that you see it). "Para que" requires the subjunctive mood (veas) because it expresses a purpose or intention.

• Nosotras bailamos bien you know?

  ➔ Code-switching (Spanish/English)

  ➔ The sentence starts in Spanish ("Nosotras bailamos bien") and ends with the English phrase "you know?". This is code-switching, where speakers alternate between languages.

• fuera feas, fuera feas, para ustedes no hay lugar.

  ➔ Imperative "fuera" and preposition "para" expressing direction.

  ➔ "Fuera" is the imperative form of "estar" (to be), meaning 'get out'. "Para ustedes" indicates 'for you', implying a direction or destination - there is no place *for you*.