Song detail
Sex and Love · 2014
Enrique Iglesias
Difficulty
Advanced
Challenging — very repetitive, and vocabulary-dense.
Vocabulary
40/100
Grammar
85/100
Cuba
This track pairs Madrid-born Enrique Iglesias with the Havana-based duo Gente de Zona and songwriter Descemer Bueno, so the vocals shift between Iglesias's clear Castilian Spanish and the Cuban artists' Havana cadence — marked by aspirating or dropping the final 's' ('ma'' for 'más', 'do'' for 'dos') and softening '-ado' endings toward '-ao'. Across the track, 'para' is shortened to 'pa'' in casual delivery, a contraction heard throughout Cuban and wider Caribbean Spanish.
Curated from the words that matter most
to go up or come up
"Quiero subir las escaleras lentamente."
I want to go up the stairs slowly.
to desire, to want, to want to
"Ella quiere bailar contigo toda la noche."
She wants to dance with you all night.
to look at
"Mira el sol en el cielo azul."
Look at the sun in the blue sky.
to feel
"Siento amor en mi corazón."
I feel love in my heart.
to dance
"La gente baila con fuego y magia."
The people dance with fire and magic.
destiny, fate
"El destino nos lleva a vivir juntos."
Destiny leads us to live together.
look, glance
"Su mirada es tremenda y llena de amor."
His/Her look is tremendous and full of love.
silence
"En el silencio, puedo escuchar mi corazón."
In the silence, I can hear my heart.