Palmar – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Caloncho

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Morena de grandes ojos

Dark-haired girl with big eyes

Qué lindo brillo tienen tus hombros

How lovely the shine of your shoulders

Quisiera llevarte al mar

I'd like to take you to the sea

Y nunca regresar a la ciudad

And never return to the city

Y poder disfrutar del día siempre

And be able to enjoy the day always

Echados al sol

Lying in the sun

Sin tu bañador

Without your swimsuit

Echados al sol

Lying in the sun

Uh-uh

Uh-uh

Y nunca regresar a la ciudad

And never return to the city

...

...

Qué rico hueles a tropical

How wonderfully tropical you smell

Pepino con chile y sal de mar

Cucumber with chili and sea salt

Puedo ver

I can see

Un destello de arena

A sparkle of sand

Pegado a tu color tostado

Stuck to your tanned color

Que brilla al reflejar el sol

That shines when reflecting the sun

Quisiera navegar cual sudor

I'd like to sail like sweat

Tu piel morena

Your dark skin

Rumbo a hacerme vapor

Headed to turn myself into vapor

Y echados al sol

And lying in the sun

Sin tu bañador

Without your swimsuit

Echarnos al sol

Lying in the sun

Uh-uh-uh

Uh-uh-uh

Y echarnos al sol

And lying in the sun

Sin tu bañador

Without your swimsuit

Y echarnos al sol

And lying in the sun

Uh-uh-uh

Uh-uh-uh

Y poder disfrutar del día siempre

And be able to enjoy the day always

Echarnos al sol

Lying in the sun

Sin tu bañador

Without your swimsuit

Sin tu bañador

Without your swimsuit

Uh-uh-uh

Uh-uh-uh

Y nunca regresar a la ciudad

And never return to the city

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
morena /moˈɾena/ A2	adjective - dark-skinned or brunette
brillo /ˈbriʝo/ A2	noun - shine or brightness
disfrutar /disfɾuˈtaɾ/ A2	verb - to enjoy
navegar /naβeˈɣaɾ/ B1	verb - to sail or navigate
tropical /tɾoˈpikal/ B1	adjective - relating to the tropics
reflejar /refleˈxaɾ/ B2	verb - to reflect
ciudad /sjuˈðað/ A1	noun - city
sol /sol/ A1	noun - sun
arena /aˈɾena/ A2	noun - sand
color /koˈloɾ/ A1	noun - color
hombros /ˈombɾos/ A2	noun - shoulders
vapor /ˈβapoɾ/ B2	noun - steam or vapor
sudor /suˈðoɾ/ B1	noun - sweat
llevar /ʝeˈβaɾ/ A2	verb - to take or carry
rico /ˈriko/ A2	adjective - rich or tasty

Key Grammar Structures

• Morena de grandes ojos

  ➔ Noun phrase with adjectives.

  ➔ The phrase "Morena de grandes ojos" describes a person using adjectives.

• Quisiera llevarte al mar

  ➔ Conditional mood.

  ➔ The phrase "Quisiera llevarte al mar" expresses a desire using the conditional mood.

• Y poder disfrutar del día siempre

  ➔ Infinitive verb construction.

  ➔ The phrase "Y poder disfrutar del día siempre" uses the infinitive form to express an action.

• Echados al sol

  ➔ Past participle used as an adjective.

  ➔ The phrase "Echados al sol" uses the past participle "echados" to describe a state.

• Qué rico hueles a tropical

  ➔ Exclamatory sentence.

  ➔ The phrase "Qué rico hueles a tropical" expresses a strong feeling or reaction.

• Que brilla al reflejar el sol

  ➔ Relative clause.

  ➔ The phrase "Que brilla al reflejar el sol" provides additional information about a noun.

• Rumbo a hacerme vapor

  ➔ Prepositional phrase.

  ➔ The phrase "Rumbo a hacerme vapor" indicates direction or purpose.