Tú Llegaste, Cuando Menos Te Esperaba – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English
Lyrics & Translation
Key Vocabulary
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Key Grammar Structures
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Tú llegaste justo cuando menos te esperaba
➔ Preterite tense of "llegar" (llegaste) used to indicate specific past actions.
➔ This line uses the **preterite tense** to describe a specific moment in the past when the person arrived.
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Y te fuiste sin decirme ni siquiera adiós
➔ Reflexive verb "fuiste" (fuiste) in preterite tense, with the negative adverb "sin" to indicate absence.
➔ The **reflexive verb** "fuiste" indicates that the subject left, with the negative phrase "sin decirme" showing the action was done without saying goodbye.
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Me di cuenta que sin ti, no podía ser yo nadie
➔ Preterite tense of "dar" (di) in "me di cuenta" meaning "I realized"; conditional tense "podía" indicating ability in the past.
➔ The phrase **"me di cuenta"** uses the **preterite tense** of "dar" to express a completed realization.
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Bendigo la hora que te conocí
➔ Verb "bendigo" in present tense of "bendecir" (to bless); relative clause "que te conocí" describes the specific moment.
➔ The verb **"bendigo"** is in **present tense**, showing the speaker's current action of blessing the moment he met you.
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Maldigo el momento en que te vi partir
➔ Verb "maldigo" in present tense of "maldecir" (to curse); temporal clause "en que te vi partir" specifies the exact moment.
➔ The **present tense** of **"maldigo"** indicates the current act of cursing, with the **temporal clause** specifying the exact moment he saw you leave.
