RACAT – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Marilina Bertoldi
• Album: PRENDER UN FUEGO

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language can be an empowering experience, and Marilina Bertoldi's 'RACAT' is the perfect song to dive into the assertive and direct side of Spanish. Through its repetitive and forceful lyrics, you can learn to express disinterest and set boundaries in a very clear way. The song's unique blend of rock and funk makes it a captivating and powerful tool for language acquisition, allowing you to feel the raw emotion behind the words.

[English]

I went very far

Very, very far from my home

It's just, it's just, eh

You catch fire answering my calls

Every minute we spend apart

It-it-it-it-it-it drives me crazy

I want to see you between my sheets

...

Do you see that this doesn't interest me?

Do you see that this doesn't interest me?

This, this doesn't interest me

You see that this doesn't, doesn't in-te-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-st me

...

What good is it to contemplate you if there's no conversation? (what?, what?)

Because, why do you always answer me at six in the morning?

I don't know

Do you see that this doesn't interest me?

Do you see that this doesn't interest me?

This, this doesn't interest me

You see that this doesn't, doesn't in-te-re-re

Do you see that this doesn't interest me?

Do you see that this doesn't interest me?

This, this doesn't interest me

You see that this doesn't, doesn't in-te-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-st me

...

[Spanish]

Me fui muy lejos

Muy, muy lejos de mi casa

Es que, es que, eh

Te prendes fuego contestando mis llamadas

Cada minuto que pasamos a distancia

Me-me-me-me-me-me desespera

Quiero verte entre mis sábanas

¿Ves que así no me interesa?

¿Ves que así no me interesa?

Así, así no me interesa

Ves que así no, no me inte-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-resa

¿De qué me sirve contemplarte si no hay charla? (¿qué?, ¿qué?)

¿Porque, porque es que me respondes siempre a las seis de la mañana?

No sé

¿Ves que así no me interesa?

¿Ves que así no me interesa?

Así, así no me interesa

Ves que así no, no me inte-re-re

¿Ves que así no me interesa?

¿Ves que así no me interesa?

Así, así no me interesa

Ves que así no, no me inte-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-resa

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
fui /fwi/ A1	verb - I went (past tense of 'ir')
lejos /ˈle.xos/ A2	adverb - far
casa /ˈka.sa/ A1	noun - house
prendes /ˈpɾen.des/ B1	verb - you turn on, you light (from 'prender')
fuego /ˈfwe.ɣo/ A2	noun - fire
llamadas /ʝaˈma.ðas/ B1	noun - calls
minuto /miˈnu.to/ A1	noun - minute
pasamos /paˈsa.mos/ A2	verb - we spend, we pass
distancia /disˈtan.sja/ B1	noun - distance
desespera /de.se.speˈɾa/ B2	verb - it makes (me) despair
quiero /ˈkje.ɾo/ A1	verb - I want
verte /ˈbeɾ.te/ A2	verb - to see you
sábanas /ˈsa.βa.nas/ A2	noun - sheets
interesa /in.teˈɾe.sa/ B1	verb - it interests
sirve /ˈsiɾ.βe/ A2	verb - it's useful, it serves
contemplarte /kon.temˈplaɾ.te/ B2	verb - to contemplate you
charla /ˈt͡ʃaɾ.la/ B1	noun - chat, conversation
respondes /resˈpon.des/ A2	verb - you respond
mañana /maˈɲa.na/ A1	noun - morning

Key Grammar Structures

• Me fui muy lejos de mi casa

  ➔ Preterite tense of 'irse' indicating completed past action

  ➔ The use of 'fui' (I went) is the simple past form of 'ir', showing a completed action.

• Es que, es que, eh

  ➔ Repetitive phrase emphasizing hesitation or filler, expressing thought process

  ➔ This interjection or filler phrase helps convey hesitation or thought pauses.

• ¿Ves que así no me interesa?

  ➔ Use of 'que' as a conjunction to introduce a subordinate clause expressing opinion or realization

  ➔ The conjunction 'que' introduces a subordinate clause, here expressing a realization or statement regarding interest.

• ¿De qué me sirve contemplarte si no hay charla?

  ➔ Use of '¿de qué?' to ask 'what' in rhetorical questions, combined with conditional 'si' clause

  ➔ The expression '¿de qué me sirve?' is a rhetorical question asking about the usefulness or purpose of an action.

• Ves que así no, no me interesa

  ➔ The phrase 'así no' uses a demonstrative 'así' (like that) with negation for emphasis

  ➔ The phrase 'así no' emphasizes that a situation or condition is not acceptable or desired.

• Ves que así no, no me, interes-a

  ➔ Verb 'interesar' conjugated in the third person singular, with accentuation on 'a' to mark the infinitive in certain contexts

  ➔ The verb 'interesar' is conjugated in the third person singular (interesa), with an emphasis on the ending 'a' as part of the infinitive or expressive pronunciation.