Song detail
Vida · 2017
Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee
Difficulty
Advanced
Challenging — very repetitive, and vocabulary-dense.
Vocabulary
50/100
Grammar
85/100
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican Spanish is a Caribbean dialect shaped by Taíno, African, and English influences, marked by dropped final consonants, the softening of intervocalic sounds, and colloquial Anglicisms. In pop and reggaeton contexts it tends to be cleaner and more accessible than street dialects, while retaining signature expressions like 'ay bendito' and terms of endearment like 'beba'.
Curated from the words that matter most
to desire, to want, to want to
"Yo quiero bailar contigo hoy."
I want to dance with you today.
to go up or come up
"Vamos a subir al lugar favorito."
Let's go up to the favorite place.
to ask for something
"Ella pide un beso en la boca."
She asks for a kiss on the mouth.
peril, danger
"No hay peligro aquí en la playa."
There is no danger here on the beach.
hair
"Ella tiene pelo largo y hermoso."
She has long and beautiful hair.
to be , to end up
"Nosotros quedamos en el puerto."
We ended up at the port.
beauty
"La belleza de ella es normal."
Her beauty is normal.
look, glance
"Su mirada me llama desde lejos."
Her look calls to me from far away.