Necio – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Romeo Santos

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the passionate world of Bachata with 'Necio' by Romeo Santos. This song is a perfect tool for learning Spanish, as it showcases emotive vocabulary related to love and stubbornness, while introducing you to the poetic cadence of Dominican music.

[English]

[music]

[music]

Delirious, obsessed, with

an imaginary brain and doses of madness.

I see absurd things. Keep the

secret, on my shoulder there is a

little devil that overwhelms me.

[music]

He pushes me to send you flowers, to

call you through the nights, to break

the rules, even though you belong to another,

and tells me not to even think about

accepting you as just a friend for a second.

Stubborn, because you have a partner and I'm a

madman talking to reflections

[music]

that aren't there. Stubborn, because you aren't mine and

forbidden fruit awakens in me

the desire to taste. Quite simply,

my love, you make me stubborn.

It's irrational. This feeling

that I can't stop is consuming me.

Quite simply you, my love,

you make me...

My hallucinating love dove into the

ocean out of stubbornness

and I am sinking.

[music]

Listen, what a mess. [music]

A love without discipline,

uncalibrated, impatient, and I wander through your

streets like a reckless man, watching

every step you take without a

reason, my love. [music]

Stubborn, because you have a partner and I'm a

madman talking to reflections

that aren't there.

Stubborn because you aren't mine and forbidden

fruit awakens in me the desire to

taste. Quite simply, my love,

you make me...

It's irrational. [music]

This feeling that I can't stop is

consuming me. [music]

Quite simply you, my love, you

make me...

My hallucinating love

[music] dove into the ocean out of stubbornness

and I am sinking.

Let's go.

[music]

You want to know me?

[music]

[music]

So nasty.

Ok.

Quite simply

you, my love, make me stubborn.

[music]

It's irrational. This feeling that I

can't stop is consuming me.

Quite simply you,

my love, you make me stubborn.

[music]

My hallucinating love dove

in headfirst out of stubbornness

and I am sinking.

[Spanish]

[música]

[música]

Delirante, obsesionado, con [canto]

cerebro imaginario y dosis de locura.

Veo [música] cosas absurdas. Guárdame el

secreto, en mi [canto] hombro hay un

diablito que me agobia.

[música]

Me impulso a mandarte flores, que te

llame por [canto] las noches, que viole

las reglas, [música] aunque seas ajena,

que no se me ocurra [canto] aceptarte ni

un segundo como [música] amiga.

Necio porque tienes dueño y yo soy un

loco hablando con reflejos

[música][canto]

que no están. Necio porque no eres mía y

fruta [música] prohibida me despierte el

deseo de probar. Sencillamente [música]

usted amada a mí me pone necio.

Es irracional. Este sentimiento [música]

que no detengo me va consumiendo.

Sencillamente usted, amada [canto] mía,

me vuelve le

mi amor alucinante [música] se lanzó al

océano porteco

y me estoy hundiendo.

[música]

Oye, qué fin mame. [música]

Un amor [música] sin disciplina,

calibrado, impaciente y vaga por tus

calles como un imprudente, viendo

[música] cada paso que tú des sin un

motivo, amada mía. [música]

Necio, porque tienes dueño y yo soy un

loco hablando con reflejos [música]

que no están.

Necio porque no eres mía y fruta

prohibida. Me despierte el deseo de

probar. Sencillamente [música] usted ama

mí me pone

es irracional. [música]

Este sentimiento que no detengo me va

consumiendo. [música][canto]

Sencillamente usted, ama mía, me

vuelven.

Mi amor alucinante [canto]

[música] se lanzó al océano porterco

y me estoy hundiendo. [canto]

Let's go.

[música]

You want [música] to know me?

[música]

[música]

So nasty.

Ok.

Sencillamente [música]

usted, amada mía, me pone necio.

[música]

Es irracional. Este sentimiento que no

detengo me va consumiendo.

Sencillamente [música][canto] usted,

amada mía, me fue al Venecio.

[música]

Mi amor alucinante se lanzó [canto]

a Luciano [música] por terco

y me estoy [música] hundiendo.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
necio ne-sio B2	adjective - stubborn, foolish
delirante de-li-ran-te C1	adjective - delirious, raving
obsesionado ob-se-sio-na-do B2	adjective - obsessed
agobia a-go-bia B2	verb - to overwhelm, to burden
prohibida pro-i-bi-da A2	adjective - forbidden, prohibited
irracional i-rra-sio-nal B2	adjective - irrational
consumiendo kon-su-mien-do B1	verb - consuming, exhausting
hundiendo un-dien-do B1	verb - sinking
reflejos re-fle-jos B1	noun - reflections
disciplina dis-si-pli-na B1	noun - discipline
alucinante a-lu-si-nan-te C1	adjective - hallucinatory, amazing
imprudente im-pru-den-te B2	adjective - reckless, imprudent
deseo de-seo A2	noun - desire
terco ter-ko B2	adjective - stubborn
sentimiento sen-ti-mien-to A2	noun - feeling, sentiment

Key Grammar Structures

• Aunque seas ajena

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after 'aunque'

  ➔ Use the subjunctive 'seas' after "aunque" because the speaker expresses a concession about a hypothetical or uncertain situation.

• Que viole las reglas

  ➔ Subjunctive clause triggered by desire/influence

  ➔ The "que" clause requires the "subjunctive" "viole" because it follows a structure implying a wish or external influence.

• Yo soy un loco hablando con reflejos

  ➔ Present participle (Gerundio) as an adjective/adverbial modifier

  ➔ The "gerundio" "hablando" describes the manner or state of the subject ("yo").

• Que no están

  ➔ Relative clause with 'que'

  ➔ The relative pronoun "que" introduces a clause explaining the "reflejos" (antecedent).

• Que no detengo

  ➔ Relative clause with transitive verb

  ➔ The verb "detengo" is transitive and "que" functions as the direct object of this clause.

• Me va consumiendo

  ➔ Periphrastic construction (ir + gerundio)

  ➔ This construction expresses a process that happens gradually or progressively.

• Vaga por tus calles

  ➔ Use of 'por' to express movement through a space

  ➔ The preposition "por" indicates the medium or the place through which the movement occurs.

• Se lanzó al océano

  ➔ Reflexive verb usage for intensity

  ➔ The "se" in "se lanzó" acts as a marker for an intensive or sudden action performed by the subject.