![]() ![]() ![]() The word ‘dile’ exists, but it won’t make sense that he first refers to a group ‘todos’ (all the guys) and now he refers to just one guy.” “Here Drake struggles a little bit with the sound ‘y’, but the whole rhythm of the sentence sounds natural in the context of a song.” 6. ![]() ( What they don’t know is that today I’m going to look for you.) Lo que no saben es que yo hoy te voy a buscar. In Puerto Rico, this is an aspirated phoneme, but the whole sentence has a nice rhythm when he sings it.” 5. “You can tell here that Drake struggles a little with one of the trickiest sounds in Spanish – ‘j’. ( What they don’t know is that you don’t get carried away by anyone.) Lo que no saben es que no te dejas llevar de cualquiera. “I love the little pause Drake makes when he sings ‘to-dos’. ( Because all the guys want to be with you.) It sounds cool in songs since it’s shorter than ‘para’.” 3. It means ‘you’re there for me’.Īlso ‘pa’ means ‘para’, but it’s the colloquial way used mainly in spoken Spanish. Here Drake omits the ‘estar’ but it can be understood that ‘tú estás puesta pa’ mí”’is what he says. “The phrase ‘estar puesta’ is used a fair bit in songs. pero tú puesta pa mí ( but you’re there for me) Also, you can still understand what he is saying.” 2. But hey, our language is long and it’s a lot of syllables to say. “Drake ‘eats up’ the syllable ‘tes’ in ‘pendien tes‘. Todos están pendien(tes) de ti ( All the guys are checking you out) We also asked Elena to point out the parts that he sings well, and which parts Drake has a bit of room to improve on. He also looks very comfortable singing in Spanish and his pronunciation is great!” I am amazed that he maintains his unique ‘Drake style’ even whilst singing in Spanish. “The Puerto Rican way of pronouncing some Spanish sounds makes Drake sound super sweet. In particular, here’s what Elena says Drake does well: So he’s definitely had a bit of practice. It’s not bad! Let’s not forget, this isn’t the first time for Drake to sing in Spanish. Get up, close and personal with Spanish lyrics with Busuu, the app that makes learning a language easier for everyone. Have you ever wanted to understand Spanish songs? Alternatively, ‘Mia’ without an accent means ‘he/she meows’…another way to interpret the song title!” Something interesting about the title is that the use of capitalisation together with a possessive pronoun makes this title even more powerful and emphatic. However this pronoun has an accent on the “I” and in Spanish we accentuate caps, so we need an accent there. It means ‘mine’ and in Spanish, we know the gender by looking at the pronoun (we know the song refers to a woman). “The title of the song is a possessive pronoun used with feminine nouns. when I made it to you.Īs for the title, ‘MIA’, here’s what Elena has to say: Tú misma lo decías // You said that yourself.What they don’t know is that you don’t get carried away by anyone. Lo que no saben es que no te dejas llevar de cualquiera.Because all the guys want to be with you. Todos están pendientes de ti // All the guys are checking you out.Here’s Elena’s English language translation of Drake’s Spanish verse in MIA: It’s not as complicated as you might think! What do Drake’s Spanish lyrics in MIA mean? We sat down with Elena, one of our Spanish language experts here at Busuu, to learn everything we need to know. Lmao drake speaking Spanish my heart can’t take it □□- Symphani October 11, 2018īut what exactly is Drake singing in Spanish? What do the lyrics mean in English? And is Drake’s Spanish any good?įor those of us learning Spanish, understanding the lyrics offers a fun lesson. ![]()
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