NO ERA AMOR – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: DJ Asul
• Album: NO ERA AMOR

Lyrics & Translation

Unravel the emotional depth of Spanish through DJ Asul's "NO ERA AMOR," a captivating Brazilian Phonk track that uses simple yet powerful phrases to convey heartbreak. Its viral success on platforms like TikTok makes it an accessible and engaging way to experience modern Spanish musical expression and understand phrases related to love and loss.

[English]

It wasn't love, it wasn't love

That's what you told me

It wasn't love

It wasn't love

It wasn't love, it wasn't love

It wasn't love

It wasn't love, it wasn't love

That's what you told me

It wasn't love, it wasn't love

But it broke my heart in two

It wasn't love

It wasn't love

It wasn't love, it wasn't love

But it broke my heart in two

It wasn't love

It wasn't love

...

[Spanish]

No era amor, no era amor

Eso fue lo que dijiste tú

No era amor

No era amor

No era amor, no era amor

No era amor

No era amor, no era amor

Eso fue lo que dijiste tú

No era amor, no era amor

Pero a mí sí me partió en dos

No era amor

No era amor

No era amor, no era amor

Pero a mí sí me partió en dos

No era amor

No era amor

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
amor /aˈmor/ A1	noun - love
decir /deˈθiɾ/ A2	verb - to say, to tell
partir /paɾˈtiɾ/ B1	verb - to break, to split, to leave
dos /dos/ A1	noun - two
tú /tu/ A1	noun - you (informal)
eso /ˈeso/ A2	pronoun - that
sí /si/ A1	adverb - yes

Key Grammar Structures

• No era amor

  ➔ Past Imperfect Tense of 'ser' (to be)

  ➔ Used to describe a state or condition in the past. Here, it describes what something *was* (not) in the past.

• Eso fue lo que dijiste tú

  ➔ Past Simple Tense of 'decir' (to say) and relative clause using 'lo que'

  ➔ 'Dijiste' is the preterite of 'decir', showing a completed action in the past. 'Lo que' introduces a relative clause: 'That which...'

• Pero a mí sí me partió en dos

  ➔ Past Simple Tense of 'partir' (to break/split), Indirect Object Pronoun, Direct Object Pronoun and the word 'sí'

  ➔ 'Partió' is the preterite form. 'Me' is the indirect object, 'en dos' is prepositional phrase. 'Sí' emphasizes the action (did indeed).