LA CHERRY – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Junior H

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of Junior H with 'LA CHERRY' to master modern Mexican urban slang! This song is perfect for learners wanting to understand the rhythmic flow of Corridos Tumbados and the expressive, emotive vocabulary used in contemporary regional music.

[English]

[music]

[music]

[music]

Like Don Peri, burning the

cherry

It kills me, that little dress, you offended

[music]

the beauty,

she's not just anyone.

I swear [music] you won't leave my mind,

baby. It's just that once

was enough.

[music] I only think about seeing you and once again

devouring you. [music]

Dancing reggaeton

in my room. [music]

Just you and I, losing [music]

control.

I order Don Peri at the club. I've been

for a while now [music] watching you,

exchanging glances. You

invade the [music] club.

I send you bottles and I pay for your friends

because you look classy, like

donating

the ch [music]

it kills me with that dress, offending with the

beauty [music] that she was,

she's not just anyone.

I swear [music] you won't leave my mind,

baby.

[music]

[music]

[music]

It's just that once

was enough.

I only think about seeing you [music]

and once again devouring you.

Dancing [music] reggaeton

in my room.

There are screams, and I'm losing control.

[music]

I order Don Peri at the club. I'd been watching you

for a while now [music]

exchanging glances.

Sending bottles to the club [music]

I send them to you and I pay for your friends because you

look like

Don Per [music]

burning the cherry

it kills me [music] like that little dress

with the beauty [music]

that she was, she's not just anyone.

I swear you won't leave my mind [music]

baby.

[music]

[music]

[music]

[Spanish]

[música]

[música]

[música]

Como [música] don Peri quemando la

cherry

me mata como un el vestidito. ofendí

[música]

la bella

no es cualquiera.

Te juro [música] que mi mente no sales,

bebé. Es que una vez

fue suficiente.

[música] Solo pienso en verte y otra vez

comerte. [música]

Bailando regetón

en mi habitación. [música]

Solitos tú y yo perdiendo [música] el

control.

Pido don Peri en el antro. Vivía desde

hace [música] rato que yo te estaba

mirando de mirada intercambio. Tú te

invadarás en el [música] antro.

botellitas te mando y a tus amiges pago

porque te ves fina como [música]

donando

la ch [música]

me mata con el vested de ofende con la

bella [música] que era

no es cualquiera.

Te juro [música] que mi mente no sales

beber.

[música]

[música]

[música]

Es que una vez

fue suficiente.

Solo pienso en verte [música]

y otra vez comerte.

Bailando [música] regetón

en mi habitación.

Son gritos y yo perdiendo el control.

[música]

Pido don Peri en el antro. Me veía desde

hace rato [música] que yo te estaba

mirando de miradas intercambio.

Becadas en el asro [música] botellitas

te mando y a tus amigales pago porque te

veina como

don per [música]

mando la cherry

me mata [música] como el vestedito

con la bella [música]

que era que yaella no es cualquiera.

Te juro que mi mente [música] no sales

ver.

[música]

[música]

[música]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
quemando ke-man-do A2	verb - burning
vestidito bes-ti-di-to B1	noun - little dress
bella be-ya A1	adjective - beautiful
mente men-te A2	noun - mind
bebé be-be A1	noun - baby
suficiente su-fi-cien-te A2	adjective - enough
bailando bai-lan-do A1	verb - dancing
habitación ha-bi-ta-cion A2	noun - room
perdiendo per-dien-do A2	verb - losing
control con-trol A2	noun - control
antro an-tro C1	noun - nightclub
mirada mi-ra-da B1	noun - look / gaze
botellitas bo-te-yi-tas A2	noun - small bottles
fina fi-na B1	adjective - elegant / refined
juro ju-ro B2	verb - I swear

Key Grammar Structures

• Hace rato que yo te estaba mirando.

  ➔ Past continuous + Time expression (Hace + time)

  ➔ The structure 'Hace + time + que' followed by the imperfect tense describes an action that started in the past and continued up to the moment of reference.

• Te juro que de mi mente no sales, bebé.

  ➔ Direct Object Pronoun + Present indicative

  ➔ The 'Te' here functions as the direct object (I swear to you), while 'no sales' is the verb 'salir' in the present tense.

• Es que una vez fue suficiente.

  ➔ Preterite of 'ser' (fue)

  ➔ 'Fue' is used because the event of meeting happened as a completed action at a specific time in the past.

• Solo pienso en verte y otra vez comerte.

  ➔ Verb 'pensar en' + Infinitive

  ➔ The structure 'pensar en' + infinitive is used to express an intention or a constant thought about doing an action.

• Bailando reguetón en mi habitación.

  ➔ Gerund (Bailando)

  ➔ The gerund 'Bailando' acts as an adverbial modifier, describing the manner in which the subjects are performing the main action.

• Tú te invadarás en el antro.

  ➔ Reflexive future tense

  ➔ The verb 'invadirse' is conjugated in the future tense, indicating an action that will happen to the subject themselves in a specific place.

• Botellitas te mando y a tus amigas les pago.

  ➔ Indirect Object Pronoun (te/les)

  ➔ 'Te' and 'les' are used to indicate the beneficiaries of the actions 'mando' (I send) and 'pago' (I pay).

• La bella, no es cualquiera.

  ➔ Indefinite pronoun (cualquiera)

  ➔ 'Cualquiera' functions here to negate the idea that the person is just 'anyone', highlighting her uniqueness.