Por Castigarme Tan Fuerte – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: ROSALÍA
• Album: Los Ángeles

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the passionate world of Spanish-language boleros with Rosalía. By listening to this track, you can learn expressive, romantic vocabulary and master the art of conveying deep sentiment through melodic phrasing, making it a perfect gateway to understanding the emotional nuances of the language.

[English]

For punishing me...

So harshly...

Tell me, what are you gaining

By punishing me so harshly?

You are taking my will away...

From, from, from loathing you

To wanting you even more...

...

I stabbed her with a knife

Because she cheated on me with another

My knife, I... stabbed her

While she lay there dead

Suddenly, I remembered...

...

That I was cheating on her too...

...

[Spanish]

Por castigarme...

Tan fuerte...

Que dime lo que vas ganando

Por castigarme tan fuerte

La vía me vas quitando...

De, de, de aborrecerte

Mas querer te voy tomando...

Un cuchillo le clavé

Porque me engañó con otro

Mi cuchillo le... clavé

Cuando muerta élla estaba

De pronto yo recordé...

Que yo también la engañaba...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
castigarme kastigarme B1	verbo - to punish (myself)
fuerte fuerte A1	adjetivo - strong
ganando ganando A2	verbo - winning
vía bía B1	sustantivo - life / way
quitando kitando A2	verbo - taking away
aborrecerte aborreserte C1	verbo - to loathe / to hate
querer kerer A1	verbo - to love / to want
tomando tomando A2	verbo - taking / starting to feel
cuchillo kuchillo A2	sustantivo - knife
clavé klabé B2	verbo - stabbed / nailed
engañó engañó B1	verbo - deceived / cheated
muerta muerta A1	adjetivo - dead
pronto pronto A1	adverbio - soon / suddenly
recordé rekordé A2	verbo - remembered

Key Grammar Structures

• Por castigarme tan fuerte

  ➔ Preposition + Infinitive construction

  ➔ The structure 'por' + infinitive 'castigarme' explains the cause or reason for an action.

• Dime lo que vas ganando

  ➔ Periphrastic construction (Ir + a + verb)

  ➔ The 'vas ganando' (ir + gerund) structure indicates a gradual or progressive action.

• La vía me vas quitando

  ➔ Direct Object Pronoun placement

  ➔ The pronoun 'me' acts as the indirect object, specifying to whom the action is happening.

• Mas querer te voy tomando

  ➔ Compound verbal expression (Tomar + gerund)

  ➔ Using 'voy tomando' describes the process of acquiring or developing a feeling ('querer').

• Un cuchillo le clavé

  ➔ Preterite Tense (Action completed in the past)

  ➔ The verb 'clavé' is in the first-person singular preterite, marking a specific completed action.

• Cuando muerta élla estaba

  ➔ Imperfect Tense (Descriptive state in the past)

  ➔ The 'estaba' verb form sets the background scene or condition in the past.

• Que yo también la engañaba

  ➔ Relative Clause with conjunction 'que'

  ➔ The 'que' connects the realization to the previous action, forming a subordinate clause.