NUEVAYoL – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: Bad Bunny
• Album: DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

¡NUEVAYoL!

NEWYORK!

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Si te quieres divertir

If you want to have fun

Con encanto y con primor

With charm and delight

Solo tienes que vivir (¿pa dónde?)

You just have to live (where to?)

Un verano en Nueva York (¡NUEVAYoL!)

A summer in New York (NEWYORK!)

Si te quieres divertir

If you want to have fun

Con encanto y con primor (pero, ¿qué es esto?)

With charm and delight (but, what is this?)

Solo tienes que vivir (ya está frío)

You just have to live (it's already cold)

Un verano en Nueva York (un ratito na' má')

A summer in New York (just for a little while)

Ey, ey, ey, cuatro de julio, fourth of July

Hey, hey, hey, Fourth of July, Fourth of July

Ando con mi prima, borracho rulay

I'm with my cousin, drunk and chillin'

Lo mío en el Bronx, saben la que hay

My crew in the Bronx, they know what's up

Con la nota en high por Washington Heights

Feeling high in Washington Heights

Willie Colón, me dicen el malo, ey

Willie Colón, they call me "the bad one," hey

Porque pasan los años y sigo dando palo

Because years pass and I'm still hitting hard

Vendiendo discos como cuadro' e' Frida Kahlo

Selling records like Frida Kahlo paintings

El perico es blanco, sí, sí, el tusi rosita, eh, eh

The cocaine is white, yeah, yeah, the pink tusi, eh, eh

No te confundas, no, no, mejor, evita, ey (ey)

Don't get confused, no, no, better, avoid it, hey (hey)

Un shot de cañita en casa de Toñita y

A shot of cane liquor at Toñita's house and

PR se siente cerquita, sí, sí, sí

Puerto Rico feels so close, yeah, yeah, yeah

Tengo el campeonato, nadie me lo quita

I have the championship, no one can take it from me

The best in the world

The best in the world

Number one, the best in the world, okay?

Number one, the best in the world, okay?

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

¿Cómo Bad Bunny va a ser el rey del pop, ey

How is Bad Bunny gonna be the king of pop, hey

Con reggaetón y dembow, ey?

With reggaeton and dembow, hey?

Con reggaetón y dembow, sí

With reggaeton and dembow, yeah

Con reggaetón y dembow

With reggaeton and dembow

¿Cómo Bad Bunny va a ser el rey del pop, ey

How is Bad Bunny gonna be the king of pop, hey

Con reggaetón y dembow?

With reggaeton and dembow?

Me siento como el lápiz en capea El Dough

I feel like a pencil in Capea El Dough

Cuando yo nací fue que nació el flow

When I was born, that's when the flow was born

De lao a lao, ping-pong, flow pesao, Big Pun

Side to side, ping-pong, heavy flow, Big Pun

Con silenciador le' robamos las gatas, James Bond, ey

With a suppressor, we steal their girls, James Bond, hey

Yo estoy en la mía, no tengo adversarios, no

I'm doing my own thing, I have no adversaries, no

Con los Yankees, en los Mets, Juan Soto

With the Yankees, with the Mets, Juan Soto

A correr, que otra vez la sacamo' 'el estadio

Run, because we hit it out of the park again

Si te quieres divertir (ey)

If you want to have fun (hey)

Con encanto y con primor

With charm and delight

Solo tienes que vivir (ya mismo nos vamos)

You just have to live (we're leaving soon)

(Un ratito más, un ratito) un verano en Nueva Yo-

(A little longer, a little longer) a summer in New Yo-

Shh, cuidao que nadie nos escuche

Shh, careful, no one should hear us

Shh, cuidao que nadie nos escuche

Shh, careful, no one should hear us

Shh, cuidao que nadie nos escuche

Shh, careful, no one should hear us

Shh, cuida-

Shh, carefu-

Tú tienes piquete, mami y yo también

You've got style, mami, and so do I

Tú estás buena y yo estoy bueno también

You're hot and I'm hot too

Huelo rico y ando con los de cien

I smell good and I'm with the hundred-dollar bills

Si tú lo quiere', lo tiene' que mover

If you want it, you have to move it

Tú tienes piquete, mami y yo también

You've got style, mami, and so do I

Tú estás buena y yo estoy bueno también

You're hot and I'm hot too

Huelo rico y ando con los de cien

I smell good and I'm with the hundred-dollar bills

Si tú lo quiere', lo tiene' que mover

If you want it, you have to move it

Lo tiene' que move'-ve'-ve'-ve'

You have to move it-it-it-it

Ve'-ve'-ve'-ve', ve'-ve'-ve'-ve'

it-it-it-it, it-it-it-it

Lo tiene' que move'-ve'-ve'-ve'

You have to move it-it-it-it

Ve'-ve'-ve'-ve', ve'-ve'-ve'-ve'

it-it-it-it, it-it-it-it

Lo tiene' que move'-ve'-ve'-ve'

You have to move it-it-it-it

Ve'-ve'-ve'-ve', ve'-ve'-ve'-ve'

it-it-it-it, it-it-it-it

Lo tiene' que move'-ve'-ve'-ve'

You have to move it-it-it-it

Ve'-ve'-ve'-ve', ve'-ve'-ve'-ve'

it-it-it-it, it-it-it-it

Ve'-ve'-ve'-ve', shh

it-it-it-it, shh

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
divertir /diβertiɾ/ A2	verb - to entertain, to amuse (often reflexive: divertirse - to have fun)
encanto /eŋˈkanto/ B1	noun - charm, spell, delight
primor /pɾiˈmoɾ/ B2	noun - loveliness, beauty, excellence, delicacy
vivir /biˈβiɾ/ A1	verb - to live
verano /beˈɾano/ A1	noun - summer
tener /teˈneɾ/ A1	verb - to have, to possess
mover /moˈβeɾ/ A1	verb - to move
escuchar /eskuˈt͡ʃaɾ/ A1	verb - to listen (to)
bueno /ˈbweno/ A1	adjective - good (also attractive, sexy in certain contexts like 'estar bueno/a')
querer /keˈɾeɾ/ A1	verb - to want, to love
andar /anˈdaɾ/ A2	verb - to walk, to go around, to be (in a state or place)
oler /oˈleɾ/ A2	verb - to smell
cien /ˈsjen/ A1	noun - one hundred (often refers to a $100 bill in context)
piquete /piˈkete/ B2	noun - style, swagger, attractiveness (slang)
cuidar /kwiˈðaɾ/ A2	verb - to take care of, to look after, to watch out
rato /ˈrato/ A2	noun - while, moment, short period of time
rey /ˈrei̯/ A2	noun - king
nacer /ˈnaseɾ/ A2	verb - to be born
sacar /saˈkaɾ/ A2	verb - to take out, to remove, to get out
estadio /esˈtaðjo/ A2	noun - stadium

Key Grammar Structures

• Si te quieres divertir

  ➔ Conditional Sentence (Type 1), Reflexive Verb, "Querer + Infinitive"

  ➔ This is a conditional clause using "Si" ("if") followed by a verb in the present indicative ("quieres"), indicating a real or highly probable condition. "querer + infinitive" expresses "to want to do something." "Divertirte" is a reflexive verb ("divertirse"), meaning "to amuse oneself."

• Solo tienes que vivir

  ➔ "Tener que + Infinitive" (Obligation/Necessity)

  ➔ "Tener que" means "to have to" or "must," expressing an obligation or necessity. Here, "tienes que vivir" means "you have to live."

• Ando con mi prima, borracho rulay

  ➔ Idiomatic use of "Andar + [state/description]"

  ➔ "Ando" is from the verb "andar" (to walk/go). Used idiomatically with a state or description (like "borracho rulay"), it means "I am going around [in that state]" or simply "I am [in that state]," often implying a continuous or characteristic condition.

• Saben la que hay

  ➔ Idiomatic Expression, Substantive Use of "La"

  ➔ "Saber la que hay" is a common idiomatic expression meaning "to know what's up," "to know the situation," or "to know what's going on." The definite article "la" acts as a pronoun, referring to "the situation" or "the reality."

• sigo dando palo

  ➔ "Seguir + Gerund" (Continuation of Action), Idiomatic Expression

  ➔ "Seguir + gerund" expresses the continuation of an action, meaning "to keep on" or "to continue doing something." "Dando palo" is a colloquial idiom meaning to be very successful or to perform exceptionally well, like hitting a home run in baseball.

• No te confundas, no, no, mejor, evita, ey

  ➔ Negative and Affirmative Imperatives (Tú Form), Reflexive Verb

  ➔ "No te confundas" is the negative imperative form of the reflexive verb "confundirse" (to get confused), addressing "tú." It means "Don't get confused." "Evita" is the affirmative imperative of "evitar" (to avoid), also addressing "tú."

• ¿Cómo Bad Bunny va a ser el rey del pop, ey / Con reggaetón y dembow, ey?

  ➔ "Ir a + Infinitive" for Future Intent/Likelihood, Rhetorical Question

  ➔ "Ir a + infinitive" is a common way to express future actions, intentions, or likelihood in Spanish, similar to "going to do something" in English. Here, "va a ser" (is going to be) is used in a rhetorical question to express skepticism or surprise.

• Cuando yo nací fue que nació el flow

  ➔ Emphatic Structure "Fue que", Preterite Tense

  ➔ This phrase uses the preterite tense ("nací," "fue," "nació") to describe completed actions in the past. The structure "fue que" emphasizes the point in time or the cause, meaning "it was when... that..." or "that's when..."

• Con silenciador le' robamos las gatas, James Bond, ey

  ➔ Indirect Object Pronoun "les", Slang

  ➔ "Les" is an indirect object pronoun, meaning "to/from them." "Robar" (to steal) often takes an indirect object for the person from whom something is stolen. "Las gatas" is slang for women/girls.

• A correr, que otra vez la sacamo' 'el estadio

  ➔ "A + Infinitive" as an Imperative, Direct Object Pronoun, Colloquial Contractions

  ➔ "A + infinitive" is used colloquially as an imperative or a call to action, meaning "Let's [do something]" or "Time to [do something]." "La" is a direct object pronoun referring to the ball, implying a home run. "Sacamo'" is a common colloquial contraction of "sacamos" (we took out), and "'el estadio" is a contraction of "del estadio" (from the stadium).