Te Felicito – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Gerardo Coronel "El Jerry"

Lyrics & Translation

Immerse yourself in the emotional depth of Gerardo Coronel's "Te Felicito." This regional Mexican ballad offers a powerful exploration of heartbreak and resilience, showcasing how music can articulate complex feelings of loss and ironic acceptance. It's a great song to understand the nuances of Spanish emotional expression in contemporary music.

[English]

You no longer feel

butterflies in your stomach

That you've lost the taste

for kissing me on the lips

That nothing is the same

I don't make you sigh

And you're thinking

whether to stay or go

That you gave the relationship your all

That you believe hurting me was never your intention

It's not you, it's me

That there's no more solutions

Don’t judge me if the love is gone

Congratulations

You told your beloved to go to hell

I put my heart at your disposal

And today, you broke it into tiny pieces

Congratulations

You didn't betray the one who swore you weren't good enough

There's nothing more to do, people are going to talk

Now I have to be the topic of gossip

Congratulations

You made the one who loved you cry—in a good way

Congratulations

Told your beloved to go to hell

I put my heart at your disposal

And today, you broke it into tiny pieces

Congratulations

You didn't betray the one who swore you weren't good enough

There's nothing more to do, people are going to talk

Now I have to be the topic of gossip

Congratulations

You made the one who loved you cry—in a good way

[Spanish]

Que ya no sientes

En la panza, mariposas

Que le has perdido el gusto

A besarme la boca

Que ya nada es igual

No te hago suspirar

Y estás pensando

Si te quedas o te vas

Que le echaste un montón de ganas a la relación

Que te crea que hacerme llorar jamás fue tu intención

Que no eres tú, soy yo

Que ya no hay solución

Que no te juzgue si se te acabó el amor

Te felicito

Mandaste a chingar su madre a un amor bien bonito

A tu disposición, puse mi corazón

Y hoy me lo entregaste todo hecho pedacitos

Te felicito

No le fallaste al que juró que no eras buena

No hay nada más que hacer, hoy la gente va a hablar

Me toca ser el tema en pláticas ajenas

Te felicito

Hiciste llorar a quien te quería a la buena

Te felicito

Mandaste chingar su madre a un amor bien bonito

A tu disposición, puse mi corazón

Y hoy me lo entregaste todo hecho pedacitos

Te felicito

No le fallaste al que juró que no eras buena

No hay nada más que hacer, hoy la gente va a hablar

Me toca ser el tema en pláticas ajenas

Te felicito

Hiciste llorar a quien te quería a la buena

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sientes /ˈsjentes/ A2	verb - to feel
mariposas /maɾiˈposa/ A1	noun - butterflies
besarme /beˈsaɾme/ A2	verb - to kiss me
relación /re.laˈsjon/ B1	noun - relationship
intención /in.tenˈsjon/ B2	noun - intention
solución /so.luˈsjon/ B2	noun - solution
amor /aˈmoɾ/ A1	noun - love
felicito /feliˈsito/ A2	verb - I congratulate
corazón /koɾaˈθon/ A1	noun - heart
pedacitos /peðaˈsitos/ A2	noun - little pieces
gente /ˈxente/ A1	noun - people
pláticas /ˈplatikas/ B1	noun - talks/conversations
quería /keˈɾia/ A2	verb - wanted
fallaste /faˈʝaste/ B1	verb - you failed
jurar /xuˈɾaɾ/ B2	verb - to swear

Key Grammar Structures

• Que ya no sientes en la panza, mariposas

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (implicit). The "que" implies doubt or a statement of reported feelings/thoughts.

  ➔ The use of "que" introduces a subordinate clause that describes what she *no* longer feels. While not explicitly subjunctive, the feeling described suggests a non-factual, subjective experience.

• Que le has perdido el gusto a besarme la boca

  ➔ Present Perfect tense with "haber" + past participle (has perdido). Indirect object pronoun "le".

  ➔ "Le has perdido el gusto" translates to "You have lost the taste for it," with "le" referring to the act of kissing. The present perfect emphasizes that this loss of taste has occurred up to the present moment.

• Si te quedas o te vas

  ➔ Conditional clause introduced by 'si' (if) followed by the verb in the present tense. Alternative question using 'o'.

  ➔ This expresses a doubt. "If you stay or you leave". This structure implies uncertainty about her decision.

• Que le echaste un montón de ganas a la relación

  ➔ Idiomatic expression "echarle ganas" (to put effort into something). Past tense (echaste).

  ➔ "Echarle ganas" is a common expression meaning to put effort and enthusiasm into something. The preterite tense "echaste" emphasizes that the effort was made in the past.

• Que te crea que hacerme llorar jamás fue tu intención

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after "que" indicating doubt/opinion: "hacerme llorar jamás fue tu intención." Use of "jamás" (never).

  ➔ The phrase "Que te crea..." implies she wants him to *believe* that making him cry was never her intention. The subjunctive mood is often used in clauses expressing wishes, doubts, or uncertainty.

• Mandaste a chingar su madre a un amor bien bonito

  ➔ Vulgar expression: "mandar a chingar su madre" (a very strong, vulgar way of saying "to screw up something", literally "to send someone to fuck their mother"). Past tense (mandaste).

  ➔ This is a highly offensive expression used to express extreme anger or disappointment. It's crucial to understand that this is not suitable for polite conversation.

• A tu disposición, puse mi corazón

  ➔ Past tense (puse). Prepositional phrase "a tu disposición" (at your disposal).

  ➔ "A tu disposición" is a formal way to offer something completely for someone's use. The use of past tense indicates it was a past action, contrasting with the current situation.

• Y hoy me lo entregaste todo hecho pedacitos

  ➔ Past tense (entregaste). Indirect object pronoun "me". Participle as adjective: "hecho pedacitos" (made into little pieces).

  ➔ "Me lo entregaste" means "you gave it back to me." "Hecho pedacitos" modifies "todo" (everything) and emphasizes the broken, shattered state in which she returned his heart.