TRES BOTELLAS – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Junior H
• Album: $AD BOYZ 4 LIFE II

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a linguistic and emotional journey with Junior H's "TRES BOTELLAS." This poignant Corridos Tumbados track offers an authentic look into modern Mexican Spanish, rich with expressions of heartbreak and resilience. Through its relatable narrative of coping with lost love, learners can grasp colloquial phrases and emotional vocabulary, making the song a powerful tool to connect with the language's cultural depth and the unique storytelling of Junior H.

[English]

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Getting sad with my friends, it's another

Little bar because I want to forget you

This broken feeling, I haven't felt it in a while

And it hurts me more and more

To heal my wounds, Catarina

With saliva, if I don't feel

Anything, to not

Cry, I start to

Get high. Three bottles down and I still

Want more, to

Think of you, I need to distract myself because my

Heart can't take it anymore

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I don't know what you're thinking, if you're missing me

Or if you've forgotten about me. As for me, I'm out partying with

Women, chatting, but nothing really matters to me

People have asked me about you

What happened, and I don't want to

Answer, so I don't cry

I start to

Get drunk. Three

Bottles down and I still want

More, to not

Think of you, I need to distract myself because my

pensarte tengo que emplearme pues mi

Heart can't take it anymore

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[Spanish]

[Música]

[Música]

tristeando Con unos compas est otro

botecito porque te quiero olvidar

este roto sentimiento hace rato no lo

siento y cada vez me hace más

mal para curarme las heridas Catarina

con saliva si no siento

nada para no

llorar me pongo a

fresear ya van tres botellas y aún

quiero más para

pensarte tengo que emplearme pues mi

corazón ya no puede más

[Música]

no sé qué estarás pensando si me estarás

extrañando ni de mí te has

acordar por mi parte ando pisteando con

mujeres platicando pero nias se me

da la gente me ha preguntado sobre ti

qué que ha pasado y no les quiero

contestar para no llorar

me pongo a

pistear ya van tres

botellas y aún quiero

más para no

pensarte tengo que emplearme pues mi

corazón ya no puede más

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
tristeando trisˈte.an.do B1	verb - feeling or expressing sadness
compas ˈkom.pas A2	noun - friends, buddies
botecito bo.teˈsi.to A2	noun - small bottle
olvidar ol.βiˈðaɾ A2	verb - to forget
sentimiento sen.tiˈmjen.to B1	noun - feeling, sentiment
heridas eˈɾi.ðas A2	noun - wounds
curarme kuˈɾaɾ.me B1	verb - to heal myself
fresear fɾeˈse.aɾ B2	verb - to drink heavily (slang)
emplearme em.pleˈaɾ.me B1	verb - to occupy myself
corazón ko.ɾaˈθon A2	noun - heart
extrañando eks.tɾaˈɲan.do B1	verb - missing
pisteando pis.teˈan.do B2	verb - hanging out, partying
mujeres muˈxe.ɾes A2	noun - women
contestar kon.tesˈtaɾ A2	verb - to answer
pistear pisˈte.aɾ B2	verb - to party, to drink heavily (slang)

Key Grammar Structures

• tristeando Con unos compas est otro

  ➔ Gerund as adverbial modifier, Prepositional phrase

  ➔ "Tristeando" (feeling sad) modifies the verb, describing *how* he is. "Con unos compas" (with some friends) indicates *with whom* he is.

• este roto sentimiento hace rato no lo siento

  ➔ Pronoun placement (clitic pronoun), Past tense

  ➔ The pronoun "lo" is placed after the verb "siento" (I feel it) – a common feature in Spanish. The verb "siento" is in the present tense, but the phrase "hace rato" (a while ago) indicates a past action.

• para curarme las heridas Catarina con saliva

  ➔ Purpose clause, Indirect object

  ➔ "Para curarme las heridas" (to heal my wounds) is a purpose clause, explaining *why* he's doing something. "Catarina con saliva" (Catarina with saliva) is an unusual phrase, but "con saliva" modifies Catarina, indicating a method or accompaniment.

• ya van tres botellas y aún quiero más

  ➔ Impersonal construction, Adverb of degree

  ➔ "Ya van tres botellas" (Three bottles have already gone) uses an impersonal construction with "ir" (to go). "Aún" (still) is an adverb of degree intensifying "quiero" (I want).