Molhando o Volante

• By: Jorge & Mateus

Lyrics:

[Português]

[English]

Recém-largado é assim

Recently dumped, this is how it is

Perfil atualizado, legenda de salmo

Updated profile, alluding to a psalm

Larga e começa a sair

She’s out and starting to leave

É só cena de álcool, status superado

It’s just a scene of drinking, status outgrown

Localização de bar lotado

Location: a crowded bar

Insinuações que tem alguém do lado

Hints that someone’s by her side

Posta voltando pra casa às seis

Posting stories about coming home at six

Pra provar pro ex

To prove to her ex

Que quem perdeu foi o ex

That the one who lost is the ex

Mas o som do seu carro só toca indireta

But your car’s stereo only plays indirects

Para de filmar o painel e vira a tela

Stop filming the dashboard and turn the screen

Só sai saudade desse alto-falante

All I hear is nostalgia from this speaker

Atrás dos stories cê tá molhando o volante

Behind your stories, you’re wetting the wheel

No som do carro só toca indireta

In your car’s music, only indirects play

Para de filmar o painel e vira a tela

Stop filming the dashboard and turn the screen

Só sai saudade desse alto-falante

All I hear is nostalgia from this speaker

Atrás dos stories cê tá molhando o volante

Behind your stories, you’re wetting the wheel

Chorando bastante

Crying a lot

Quer mostrar que esqueceu

Trying to show you’ve moved on

Então esquece antes

So forget it beforehand

...

...

Localização de bar lotado

Location: a crowded bar

Insinuações que tem alguém do lado

Hints that someone’s by her side

Posta voltando pra casa às seis

Posting stories about coming home at six

Pra provar pro ex

To prove to her ex

Que quem perdeu foi o ex

That the one who lost is the ex

Mas o som do seu carro só toca indireta

But your car’s stereo only plays indirects

Para de filmar o painel e vira a tela

Stop filming the dashboard and turn the screen

Só sai saudade desse alto-falante

All I hear is nostalgia from this speaker

Atrás dos stories cê tá molhando o volante

Behind your stories, you’re wetting the wheel

O som do seu carro só toca indireta

Your car’s stereo only plays indirects

Para de filmar o painel e vira a tela

Stop filming the dashboard and turn the screen

Só sai saudade desse alto-falante

All I hear is nostalgia from this speaker

Atrás dos stories cê tá molhando o volante

Behind your stories, you’re wetting the wheel

Chorando bastante

Crying a lot

Quer mostrar que esqueceu

Trying to show you’ve moved on

Então esquece antes

So forget it beforehand

Quer mostrar que esqueceu

Trying to show you’ve moved on

Então esquece antes

So forget it beforehand

...

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
largado /laɾˈɡadu/ B1	adjective - abandoned, dumped
atualizado /atwɐliˈzadu/ B2	adjective - updated
sair /saˈiɾ/ A1	verb - to go out, to leave
álcool /ˈaw.ku.oɫ/ A2	noun - alcohol
superado /su.peˈɾa.du/ B2	adjective - overcome, surpassed
localização /lo.ka.li.zaˈsɐ̃w/ B1	noun - location
lotado /loˈta.du/ B1	adjective - crowded, full
insinuações /ĩ.si.nu.ɐˈsõjs/ C1	noun - insinuations
lado /ˈla.du/ A1	noun - side
voltar /voɫˈtaɾ/ A1	verb - to return, to go back
perder /peɾˈdeɾ/ A2	verb - to lose
som /ˈsõw̃/ A1	noun - sound
tocar /toˈkaɾ/ A2	verb - to play (music), to touch
indireta /ĩ.diˈɾe.tɐ/ B2	noun - indirect message, dig
filmar /fiɫˈmaɾ/ B1	verb - to film, to record
saudade /sawˈda.dʒi/ C1	noun - nostalgia, longing
alto-falante /ˈaw.tu faˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ B1	noun - speaker
molhar /muˈʎaɾ/ A2	verb - to wet, to moisten
volante /voˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ A2	noun - steering wheel
chorar /ʃoˈɾaɾ/ A1	verb - to cry
esquecer /is.keˈseɾ/ A2	verb - to forget

Grammar:

• É só cena de álcool, status superado

  ➔ It's just a scene of alcohol, status surpassed

  ➔ The phrase "é só" uses the verb "ser" in the present tense + "só" meaning "only" or "just".

• Posta voltando pra casa às seis

  ➔ She posts returning home at six

  ➔ The structure "postar + gerund" (here "voltando") indicates an ongoing action being posted about on social media.

• Só sai saudade desse alto-falante

  ➔ Only longing comes out of this speaker

  ➔ The phrase "só sai" uses "sair" in the present tense + "só" to emphasize exclusivity or that only that emotion is being expressed.

• Quer mostrar que esqueceu

  ➔ He/She wants to show that he/she forgot

  ➔ The verb "quer" is used in the present tense to express a desire, followed by "mostrar" (to show) and the subordinate clause "que esqueceu" (that he/she forgot).

• Para de filmar o painel e vira a tela

  ➔ Stop filming the dashboard and turn the screen

  ➔ The verb "parar" is an imperative form conveying a command or request, combined with "de" + infinitive to indicate stopping an action.