Te Aviso, Te Anuncio – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Shakira
• Album: Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran

Lyrics & Translation

Explore Shakira's 'Te Aviso, Te Anuncio (Tango)' to delve into Spanish expressions of defiance and self-empowerment. This song, blending tango rhythms with pop-rock energy, offers a unique way to connect with the language through its powerful narrative of overcoming relationship challenges.

[English]

I never thought love would hurt like this

When it's buried in the middle of a no and a yes

One day it's her and another day it's me

You're leaving me without a heart and zero reason

Hey, I warn you and announce that today I quit

Your dirty business

You know I'm vaccinated against you

Kick-proof

Because of you I stayed like the Mona Lisa

Without tears and without a smile

May heaven and your mother take care of you

I'm leaving, it'll be better this way

...

I know forgetting you isn't a simple matter

You got stuck in my body like a knife

But everything that comes in must come out

And those who are here will have to leave

Starting with me

Hey, I warn you, I announce that today I quit

Your dirty business

You know I'm vaccinated against you

Kick-proof

Because of you I stayed like the Mona Lisa

Without tears and without a smile

May heaven and your mother take care of you

I'm leaving, no, no, no, no

Maybe you weren't the one for me

I don't know how one can live anymore

Loving like this

It's so pathetic, neurotic, satirical, psychotic

You don't see it, tango isn't for three

I've been planning to escape and it backfires

But I'm going to try it again and again, I'm going

...

I warn you, I announce that today I quit

Your dirty business

Because of you I stayed like the Mona Lisa

Without tears and without a smile

I warn you that I'm vaccinated against you

And I don't care about anything

May heaven and your mother take care of you

I'm leaving, it'll be better this way

I'm leaving now, I'm gone

It's better this way

...

Hey, may heaven and your mother take care of you

I'm leaving

Hey, may heaven and your mother take care of you

I'm leaving, it'll be better this way

...

[Spanish]

Nunca pensé que doliera el amor así

Cuando se entierra en el medio de un no y un sí

Es un día ella y otro día yo

Me estás dejando sin corazón y cero de razón

Ay, te aviso y te anuncio que hoy renuncio

A tus negocios sucios

Ya sabes que estoy de tí vacunada

A prueba de patadas

Por tí me quedé como Mona Lisa

Sin llanto y sin sonrisa

Que el cielo y tu madre cuiden de tí

Me voy, será mejor así

Sé que olvidarte no es asunto sencillo

Te me clavaste en el cuerpo como un cuchillo

Pero todo lo que entra ha de salir

Y los que están tendrán que partir

Empezando por mí

Ay, te aviso, te anuncio que hoy renuncio

A tus negocios sucios

Ya sabes que estoy de tí vacunada

A prueba de patadas

Por tí me quedé como Mona Lisa

Sin llanto y sin sonrisa

Que el cielo y tu madre cuiden de tí

Me voy, no, no, no, no

Tal vez tú no eras ese para mí

No sé cómo se puede ya vivir

Queriendo así

Es tan patético, neurótico, satírico, psicótico

Tú no lo ves, el tango no es de a tres

Llevo planeando escapar y me sale al revés

Pero voy a intentarlo una y otra vez, voy

Te aviso, te anuncio que hoy renuncio

A tus negocios sucios

Por tí me quedé como Mona Lisa

Sin llanto y sin sonrisa

Te aviso que estoy de tí vacunada

Y no me importa nada

Que el cielo y tu madre cuiden de tí

Me voy, será mejor así

Ya me voy, ya me fui

Es mejor así

Ay, que el cielo y tu madre cuiden de tí

Me voy

Ay, que el cielo y tu madre cuiden de tí

Me voy, será mejor así

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pensé /penˈse/ B1	verb - I thought
doliera /doˈli.eɾa/ B2	verb - to hurt
entierra /enˈtje.ra/ B2	verb - to bury
vacunada /bakuˈnaða/ C1	adjective - vaccinated
clavaste /klaˈ βas.te/ C1	verb - you pierced or stabbed
partir /parˈtiɾ/ B2	verb - to leave
planeando /planeˈan.do/ B2	verb - planning
escapar /es.kaˈpaɾ/ B2	verb - to escape
reves /reˈβes/ C1	verb - to go back or turn around
cuidado /kwiˈða.ðo/ A2	noun - care
sucios /ˈswi.xos/ B1	adjective - dirty
ojos /ˈo.xos/ A2	noun - eyes
vacunada /bakuˈnaða/ C1	adjective - vaccinated
hecho /ˈetʃo/ B1	noun/verb - fact / done
renuncio /reˈnuɣo/ B2	verb - I resign

Key Grammar Structures

• Que el cielo y tu madre cuiden de tí

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (que + verb in subjunctive)

  ➔ Expresses a wish or desire, often used after 'que'.

• Te aviso y te anuncio que hoy renuncio

  ➔ Direct object pronouns combined with verbs (te aviso, te anuncio)

  ➔ Indicates which person is affected by the action.

• Ya sabes que estoy de ti vacunada

  ➔ Present tense of 'saber' + que clause

  ➔ Expresses knowledge or awareness in the present.

• Llevo planeando escapar y me sale al revés

  ➔ Present perfect tense (llevo planeando), reflexive verb + infinitive

  ➔ Expresses an action started in the past and continuing.

• Que el cielo y tu madre cuiden de tí

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (cuiden) after 'que'

  ➔ Expresses a wish, hope, or command in subjunctive mood.

• Es un día ella y otro día yo

  ➔ Noun phrase with indefinite article (un día)

  ➔ Indicates an unspecified day or regular occurrence.

• Tú no lo ves, el tango no es de a tres

  ➔ Negative pronoun + verb (no lo ves), idiomatic expression (no es de a tres)

  ➔ Use of negative object pronoun to emphasize negation; idiomatic phrase meaning 'it’s not a three-way' or that something isn’t as it seems.