Dançarina – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Pedro Sampaio, MC Pedrinho

Lyrics & Translation

[Portuguese]

[English]

Essa menina é o puro talento descendo

This girl is pure talent coming down

Joga a mãozinha pro alto quem tá enlouquecendo

Raise your hands up if you're going crazy

Essa menina é o puro talento descendo

This girl is pure talent coming down

Joga a mãozinha pro alto quem tá enlouquecendo

Raise your hands up if you're going crazy

No bailão, ela gosta de bailar

In the dance hall, she loves to dance

No bailão, ela gosta de bailar

In the dance hall, she loves to dance

Mina gostosa, no beat ela encosta

Hot girl, she leans into the beat

Rebola no pique Anitta

Shaking it like Anitta

Escuta a batida e do nada ela vira dançarina

Hears the beat and suddenly she becomes a dancer

Ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, doida pra sentar

Ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, eager to sit down

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, doida pra sentar

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, eager to sit down

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, doida pra sentar

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, eager to sit down

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ê (joga pro, joga pro alto)

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, hey (throw it up, throw it up)

Eu vou provocar, vou descer

I'm going to provoke, I'm going down

Vou instigar

I'm going to tease

Eu vou provocar, vou descer

I'm going to provoke, I'm going down

Vou instigar (joga pro alto)

I'm going to tease (throw it up)

Essa menina é o puro talento descendo

This girl is pure talent coming down

Joga a mãozinha pro alto quem tá enlouquecendo

Raise your hands up if you're going crazy

Essa menina é o puro talento descendo

This girl is pure talent coming down

Joga a mãozinha pro alto quem tá enlouquecendo

Raise your hands up if you're going crazy

No bailão, ela gosta de bailar

In the dance hall, she loves to dance

No bailão, ela gosta de bailar

In the dance hall, she loves to dance

Mina gostosa, no beat ela encosta

Hot girl, she leans into the beat

Rebola no pique Anitta

Shaking it like Anitta

Escuta a batida e do nada ela vira dançarina

Hears the beat and suddenly she becomes a dancer

Ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, doida pra sentar

Ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, eager to sit down

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, doida pra sentar

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, eager to sit down

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, doida pra sentar

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, eager to sit down

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, ê (joga pro, joga pro alto)

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, hey (throw it up, throw it up)

Eu vou provocar, vou descer

I'm going to provoke, I'm going down

Vou instigar

I'm going to tease

Eu vou provocar, vou descer

I'm going to provoke, I'm going down

Vou instigar (doida pra sentar)

I'm going to tease (eager to sit down)

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
menina /meˈnina/ A1	noun - girl
talento /taˈlɛntu/ A2	noun - talent
bailar /baiˈlaʁ/ A2	verb - to dance
gostar /ɡosˈtaʁ/ A1	verb - to like
batida /baˈtʃidɐ/ B1	noun - beat
provocar /pɾovuˈkaʁ/ B1	verb - to provoke
descer /deˈseʁ/ B1	verb - to go down
doida /ˈdojdɐ/ B2	adjective - crazy
sentar /sẽˈtaʁ/ A2	verb - to sit
encostar /ẽkoˈstaʁ/ B2	verb - to lean
vira /ˈviɾɐ/ B1	verb - to turn
alto /ˈawtu/ A2	adjective - high
pique /piˈki/ B2	noun - style or trend
provocar /pɾovuˈkaʁ/ B1	verb - to provoke

Key Grammar Structures

• Essa menina é o puro talento descendo

  ➔ Present participle as an adjective modifying 'talento'

  ➔ The word "descendo" (descending) is the present participle of the verb 'descer' (to descend). Here, it acts as an adjective describing the kind of talent the girl possesses: a talent that is descending/coming down.

• Joga a mãozinha pro alto quem tá enlouquecendo

  ➔ Relative pronoun 'quem' introducing a clause with verb 'tá' (estar) in colloquial form and gerund 'enlouquecendo'.

  ➔ 'Quem' means 'who'. 'tá' is a colloquial shortening of 'está', the third-person singular present tense of 'estar' (to be). 'Enlouquecendo' is the gerund of 'enlouquecer' (to go crazy). The entire phrase translates to something like: 'Throw your little hand up in the air, whoever is going crazy'.

• No bailão, ela gosta de bailar

  ➔ Use of the preposition 'no' (em + o) indicating location, and the verb 'gostar de' + infinitive indicating preference.

  ➔ 'No bailão' means 'in the big dance/party'. 'Gosta de bailar' means 'likes to dance'. The construction 'gostar de + infinitive' is very common for expressing preferences or likes in Portuguese.

• Rebola no pique Anitta

  ➔ Noun phrase with implicit verb; Use of 'no pique de' (in the style of/like) indicating imitation or resemblance.

  ➔ The implicit verb is something like 'ela rebola' (she twerks). "No pique Anitta" means 'in the style of Anitta', referring to the singer's characteristic dance moves.

• Escuta a batida e do nada ela vira dançarina

  ➔ Use of imperative 'Escuta' (listen) followed by conjunction 'e' and a sequence of events; 'do nada' (out of nowhere).

  ➔ 'Escuta' is the imperative form of 'escutar' (to listen). 'Do nada' is an expression meaning 'out of nowhere' or 'suddenly'. The sentence describes how the girl transforms into a dancer when she hears the beat.

• Ah, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, doida pra sentar

  ➔ Adjective 'doida' (crazy) + 'pra' (contraction of 'para', meaning 'to') + infinitive 'sentar' (to sit), expressing desire or intention.

  ➔ 'Doida pra sentar' literally translates to 'crazy to sit' but is slang and means 'eager/dying to sit (down on someone)'. 'Pra' is a colloquial contraction of 'para'.

• Eu vou provocar, vou descer, vou instigar

  ➔ Future tense using 'ir' (to go) + infinitive to express future intention or action. Repetition for emphasis.

  ➔ This is a periphrastic future construction. 'Vou provocar' means 'I am going to provoke'. The repetition of the structure emphasizes the speaker's determination.