Te Amo – Bilingual Lyrics Portuguese/English

• By: Vanessa Da Mata

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the heartfelt lyrics of "Te Amo" by Vanessa da Mata, a song that beautifully expresses the emotions of love and commitment. Learn about the courage it takes to keep loving despite fears and doubts, and how love can be a vibrant masterpiece that resists the passage of time and trials.

[English]

But the worst thing is not failing

It's giving up on trying

Don't believe what they say

Notice the fear of loving

I grew up hearing anecdotes

Clichés and jokes, frustrations

About living together, getting married

Surrendering would be weakness

I love you, I love you, I love you

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah

I love you, I love you, I love you

And if time takes you away

And one day I look at you and don't recognize you

And if the romance falls apart

Loses its meaning and I forget myself out there

But we are a Klimt painting

The Kiss, forever sparkling in colors

Resisting everything, we will be two happy old people

Holding hands on a sunny afternoon forever

I love you, I love you, I love you

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah

I love you, oh-oh, I love you, oh-oh, I love you

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah

I love you, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah)

I love you, oh-oh, I love you, I love you

...

[Portuguese]

Mas o pior não é não conseguir

É desistir de tentar

Não acredite no que eles dizem

Perceba o medo de amar

Eu cresci ouvindo anedotas

Clichês e chacotas, frustrações

Sobre amasiar, se casar

Se entregar seria fraquejar

Te amo, te amo, te amo

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah

Te amo, te amo, te amo

E se o tempo levar você

E um dia eu te olhar e não te reconhecer

E se o romance se desconstruir

Perder o sentido e eu me esquecer por aí

Mas nós somos um quadro de Klimt

O Beijo, para sempre fagulhando em cores

Resistindo a tudo, seremos dois velhos felizes

De mãos dadas numa tarde de sol pra sempre

Te amo, te amo, te amo

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah

Te amo, oh-oh, te amo, oh-oh, te amo

Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah

Te amo, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh (ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah)

Te amo, oh-oh, te amo, te amo

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
pior /piˈɔɾ/ A2	adjective - worse, worst
tentar /tẽˈtaɾ/ A2	verb - to try, to attempt
medo /ˈmedu/ A1	noun - fear
amar /ɐˈmaɾ/ A1	verb - to love
anedotas /aneˈdɔtɐs/ B2	noun - anecdotes
clichês /kliˈʃes/ B2	noun - clichés
chacotas /ʃɐˈkɔtɐs/ C1	noun - mockery, ridicule
frustrações /fɾus.tɾɐˈsõɪ̯ʃ/ B2	noun - frustrations
entregar /ẽ.tɾeˈɡaɾ/ B1	verb - to surrender, to give in
fraquejar /fɾɐ.keˈʒaɾ/ C1	verb - to weaken, to falter
tempo /ˈtẽpu/ A1	noun - time
olhar /oˈʎaɾ/ A1	verb - to look noun - look, glance
romance /ʁoˈmɐ̃si/ B1	noun - romance
quadro /ˈkwadɾu/ A2	noun - painting, picture
beijo /ˈbejʒu/ A1	noun - kiss
cores /ˈkoɾis/ A1	noun - colors
felizes /feˈlis/ A1	adjective - happy
tarde /ˈtaɾdʒi/ A1	noun - afternoon
sol /ˈsɔw/ A1	noun - sun

Key Grammar Structures

• Mas o pior não é não conseguir

  ➔ Negation

  ➔ The phrase uses negation with "não" to express what is not the worst.

• É desistir de tentar

  ➔ Infinitive construction

  ➔ The phrase uses the infinitive "desistir" to express the action of giving up.

• Perceba o medo de amar

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The verb "perceba" is in the imperative mood, giving a command to notice.

• E se o tempo levar você

  ➔ Conditional clause

  ➔ The phrase introduces a condition with "se" to express a hypothetical situation.

• E se o romance se desconstruir

  ➔ Reflexive verb

  ➔ The verb "desconstruir" is used reflexively to indicate that the subject is affected by the action.

• Te amo, te amo, te amo

  ➔ Repetition for emphasis

  ➔ The repetition of "te amo" emphasizes the speaker's feelings.

• Resistindo a tudo

  ➔ Present participle

  ➔ The phrase uses the present participle "resistindo" to indicate an ongoing action.