Una chica está llorando – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: LOS ACOSTA

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rhythmic world of Argentine Cumbia with 'Una chica está llorando.' This song is a perfect gateway to learning Spanish through emotive storytelling and repetitive, catchy phrasing, allowing you to master romantic vocabulary and expressions of sadness in a musical context.

[English]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

a girl from the world

[Music]

[Applause]

and green

2

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

no

[Applause]

[Music]

when you call

[Applause]

[Music]

that gentleman

[Music]

I want to leave, he caressed her

I broke the slumber

the bloodline is very small

you must not suffer

out of fear the night dreams

that he will not return

I know this story

it's the announcer

and now

it's the song

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

how much more

[Applause]

what

[Music]

that song will fade

[Music]

that breaks my heart

those lines are small

one must suffer more

because they dream of the brush

to end it with the one who won't return

this story of corruption

and

that is one of the points

like many girls and now

[Music]

upon joining this song

[Music]

[Applause]

and

[Applause]

[Spanish]

[Aplausos]

[Música]

[Aplausos]

[Música]

[Aplausos]

[Música]

una chica del mundo

[Música]

[Aplausos]

y verde

2

[Música]

[Aplausos]

[Música]

no

[Aplausos]

[Música]

cuando llamas

[Aplausos]

[Música]

ese señor

[Música]

quiero irme se acarició por

yo me rompí el sopor

el sanguíneo es muy pequeña

no debes sufrir

por temor la noche sueña

que no volverá

esta historia la conozco

es el señor locutor

y ahora

es la canción

[Música]

[Aplausos]

[Música]

cuanto más

[Aplausos]

qué

[Música]

disminuirá esa canción

[Música]

que me rompe el corazón

esa línea son pequeñas

uno debe sufrir más

porque por la brocha sueña

para acabar con el que no volverá

esta historia la corrupción

y

ese es uno de los puntos

como muchas niñas y ahora

[Música]

al unir esta canción

[Música]

[Aplausos]

y

[Aplausos]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
chica ˈtʃika A1	noun - girl
llamar ʝaˈmaɾ A1	verb - to call
romper romˈpeɾ A2	verb - to break
corazón koɾaˈθon A1	noun - heart
sufrir suˈfɾiɾ A2	verb - to suffer
historia isˈtoɾja A1	noun - story
canción kanˈθjon A1	noun - song
temor teˈmoɾ B1	noun - fear
soñar soˈɲaɾ A2	verb - to dream
noche ˈnotʃe A1	noun - night
pequeña peˈkeɲa A1	adjective - small

Key Grammar Structures

• Una chica está llorando

  ➔ Present Continuous

  ➔ Uses "estar" + gerund (-ando) to describe an action happening right now.

• No debes sufrir más

  ➔ Modal verb of obligation (deber)

  ➔ The verb "deber" conjugated in the second person singular expresses a moral obligation or advice.

• Que no volverá

  ➔ Future Simple (Futuro simple)

  ➔ The verb "volver" ends in -á, indicating the third person singular in the simple future tense.

• Esta historia la conozco

  ➔ Direct Object Pronoun (la)

  ➔ The pronoun "la" replaces the direct object "esta historia" to avoid repetition.

• Como muchas niñas

  ➔ Comparative/Adverbial "como"

  ➔ Here "como" is used to mean "like" or "in the same way as".

• Yo me rompí el corazón

  ➔ Reflexive verb (romperse)

  ➔ The reflexive pronoun "me" indicates the action affects the subject itself.

• Que me rompe el corazón

  ➔ Present Indicative (rompe)

  ➔ The verb "romper" is in the third-person singular present indicative, referring to the song's recurring effect.

• Por la noche sueña

  ➔ Prepositional phrase + Verb

  ➔ "Por la noche" functions as a temporal adverbial, indicating when the action happens.