“Baila Conmigo” is a song by American singer Selena Gomez and Puerto Rican rapper Rauw Alejandro, and is Selena’s second Spanish-language single. Released in January 2021, it appears on her first Spanish EP Revelación. The single peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs chart, as well a reaching the top-ten in Spain and Mexico. This week it is sitting at number 8 on the Hot Latin Songs chart,

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About the Artists

Selena Gomez

Selena Marie Gomez is a third-generation American-Mexican singer, actress, and producer from Texas. Gomez began her career as an actress, appearing on the children’s television series Barney & Friends from 2002 to 2004. She rose to prominence in her teens as Alex Russo in the Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place from 2007 to 2012.

While her acting roles often included musical elements, she decided to transition to music and formed the band Selena Gomez & the Scene. The band released their first of three albums, entitled Kiss & Tell, in 2009. All three of the band’s albums peaked in the top ten on the US Billboard 200 and attained gold certifications. In January of 2012, she announced that she would be taking a break from music, however, in October of that year she confirmed she was working on new music. She later confirmed that she would be releasing a solo album, as opposed to another album with the band. Her first solo album Stars Dance was released in July of 2013 and became her first album to debut at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. The album’s lead single “Come & Get It” became her first top-ten entry on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In January of 2021, Gomez released the singles “De Una Vez” and “Baila Conmigo” from her first Spanish-language EP, Revelación, released in March.

Gomez has seen much success in her solo career. All three of her solo albums to date have debuted atop the Billboard 200, and she has scored eight top-ten singles on the Billboard Hot 100. She is one of only six female artists to have three singles from the same album reach number one on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. As of 2017, Gomez had sold over seven million albums and 22 million singles worldwide. In 2017 she was honored as the Billboard Woman of the Year, and at 17 years old she was appointed a UNICEF ambassador.

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Rauw Alejandro

Raúl Alejandro Ocasio Ruiz, who performs as Rauw Alejandro, is a rapper, singer and composer from San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is a childhood friend of fellow Puerto Rican rapper Anuel AA. Alejandro originally pursued a career in football (or soccer for the Americans). After an injury when he was 20 he moved to Orlando Florida hoping to be scouted to play in the Premier Development League (PDL) but was unsuccessful. After leaving football he decided to switch to a musical career. He began publishing songs to SoundCloud in 2014, and in 2016 he released his debut mixtape Punto de Equilibrio. In 2018, he was part of Sony Music’s “Los Próximos” project, which sought to enlist new musical talent. Other artists noticed him as a result of his participation, which led to collaborations with artists like Kevin Roldán, Khea, Ozuna, Lunay and Lyanno. His first single as a lead artist, a collaboration with Alex Rose entitled “Toda”, was released in December 2017. The single peaked at number 29 on the Billboard Hot Latin Songs charts, and the music video on YouTube had over 1 billion views as of November 2020. His most successful song to date was the single “Fantasias” with Farruko, which peaked at number 12 on the US Latin chart and stayed there for 20 weeks. He released his debut album, Afrodisíaco, in November of 2020.

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Cultural References, Idioms and Explanations

‘comer a alguien’ – Literally translating as ‘to eat someone’, this phrase can either mean ‘to kiss someone’ or ‘to have sex’.

‘Comernos sin entenderno’ e’ mejor’ – This is an example of the reflexive being used reciprocally. The ‘nos’ here, rather than meaning ‘ourselves’, means ‘each other’. So this phrase means ‘kissing each other without understanding each other is better’.

‘venir’ vs ‘venirse’ – Both of these mean ‘to come’, and both appear in this song. While the difference between the two is quite subtle, the pronominal version ‘venirse’ is usually considered to be a bit more emphatic than using just ‘ venir’. However, as there are places where ‘venirse’ is a vulgar way to say ‘to have an orgasm’, the pronominal version should be used with caution.

‘Tranqui’ – This is a shortened version of the adjective ‘tranquilo’. It is used in colloquial speech as an interjection to tell someone to ‘calm down’ or to ‘relax’.

‘echar de menos’ – This phrase means ‘to miss’, ‘to notice something is missing’, or ‘to not be able to find something’. Its literal translation would be something like ‘to throw less of something’, which likely seems odd to you. The reason is that this phrase originally comes from a Galician-Portuguese idiom ‘achar de menos’, which means ‘to feel an absence’, or literally ‘to find less of something’. When the phrase was adopted into Spanish, rather than using the verb ‘hallar’ which means ‘to find’, the verb ‘echar’ meaning ‘to throw’ was used due to its similar pronunciation to ‘achar’.

‘Tenía curiosidad’ – This is one of the phrases with ‘tener’. In Spanish one literally ‘has curiosity’.

‘pegarse a alguien’ – The pronominal verb ‘pegarse’ means ‘to stick to’, and is usually used for things like food sticking to a pan. When used regarding another person it means ‘to stay close to’ someone or ‘to stick close to’ someone.

‘por una vez’ – Literally translating as ‘for one time’, this phrase means ‘for once’.

‘dar mente’ – Literally translating as ‘to give mind’, the phrase means ‘to think something over deeply’, ‘to analyze’ or ‘to study’.

‘de frente’ – Literally translating as ‘of forehead’, this phrase means ‘frankly’, ‘openly’, ‘head-on’ or ‘squarely’.

‘lo que’ – Literally translating as ‘it that’, this phrase better translates as ‘what’, ‘whatever’, or ‘which’.

‘ir a’ – The verb ‘ir’ means ‘to go’. As in English, when this verb is used with a place, it implies movement towards that place. But when it is used with another verb, it implies that that action will be preformed in the future. For example ‘I am going to the store’ ‘(voy a la tienda’) vs ‘I am going to eat’ (‘voy a comer’).

‘tener que’ – While by itself the verb ‘tener’ means ‘to have’, when followed by ‘que’ it means to have to do, for example ‘tengo que irme’ (I have to leave), or ‘tienes que hacer tus deberes’ (you have to do your homework).

Subjunctive

There are several instances of the subjunctive mood in this song. Below are the triggers for each instance.

‘Quieres que’ – ‘Querer que’ means ‘to want’ and is one of the wishing/willing/commanding verbs and therefore takes the subjunctive. Note that the subject of the verb ‘querer’ will usually be different than the subject of the verb that follows ‘que’. We see an example of this in this song where the subject of ‘querer’ is ‘tú’ and the subject of the verb ‘caer’ is ‘yo’. ‘Quieres (tú) que caiga (yo) en tentaciones’, meaning ‘You want me to fall into temptation’.

‘dejemo’ que’ – ‘Dejar que’ means ‘to let’ or ‘to allow’ and is another of the wishing/willing/commanding verbs and therefore takes the subjunctive.

‘pa’ que’ – Short for ‘ para que’ this phrase means ‘so that’ or ‘in order that’ and always takes the subjunctive.

‘cuando’ – Like other conjunctions of time, ‘cuando’ can be followed by either the indicative or the subjunctive. If what follows is either habitual or in the past, the indicative, or the regular present tense, will be used. If what follows is a command or a future event yet to happen, then the subjunctive will be required. In our example “Sólo tiene’ que llamar cuando me eches de menos” we see the subjunctive of the verb echar because the event (when you miss me) hasn’t happened yet.

‘aunque’ – This conjuction means ‘although’, ‘even though’ or ‘even if’, and can also be followed by either the indicative or the subjunctive. If what follows is a known fact, or the outcome is known, the indicative will be used, otherwise use the subjunctive. Here we see “aunque me quede lejos”, meaning ‘even if I’m far away’. The use of the subjunctive implies that being far away is not a sure thing, just a possibility.

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Song Lyrics with Grammatical Breakdown

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Bailabailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera Conmigoconmigowith me | pron

[Intro]
Bebé,bebébaby | noun | masc and fem sing nononot | adv sésaberto know | verb | first pers sing pres sisiif | conj hablashablarto speak | verb | sec pers sing pres muchomuchomany, very much, a lot | adj | masc sing españolespañolSpanish (language); Spaniard, Spanish man, Spanish person | noun | masc sing
Sisiif | conj entiende’entender (entiendes)understand | verb | sec pers sing pres cuandocuandowhen | adv digodecirto say, tell | verb | first pers sing pres “Mimimy | poss adj | masc and fem sing amor”amorlove | noun | masc sing
Comernoscomer + nosto eat + each other | verb + pron | infin | comer a alguien = to kiss s.o., to have sex sinsinwithout | prep entenderno’entender + nos (entendernos)understand + each other | verb | infin e’ser (es)to be | verb | third pers sing pres mejormejorbetter | best | adj | masc and fem sing
Solosoloonly, just | adv tenemo’tener (tenemos)to have | verb | first pers pl pres | tener que hacer algo = to have to do sth, must do sth quequethat, than; because; let | conj | tener que hacer algo = to have to do sth, must do sth gustarno’gustar + nos (gustarnos)to like, to enjoy + each other | verb + pron | infin | conjugated for the item being liked, ie X is pleasing to Y
Quieresquererto want | verb | sec pers sing pres quequethat, than; because; let | conj caigacaerfall, fall down, collapse; catch on, realize | verb | first pers sing subj enenin, on, during | prep tentacionestentacióntemptation | noun | fem pl
Miramirarlook, watch | verb | sec pers sing impera cómocómohow, why | adv mememe, to me, myself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, first pers sing poneponerto put, to place; to make | verb | third pers sing pres | poner a alguien a = to set someone to doing something
Eseesethat | adj | masc sing acentoacentoaccent; accent mark | noun | masc sing quequethat, than; because; let | conj tienestenerto have | verb | sec pers sing pres
Nononot | adv entiendoentenderto understand | verb | first pers sing pres mucho,muchomany, very much, a lot | adj | masc sing peroperobut | conj ventevenirsecome | verb | sec pers sing impera

[Chorus]
Baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera bailabailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera conmigoconmigowith me | pron
Baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera quequethat, than; because; let | conj yoyoI | pron | first pers sing teteyou, to you, yourself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, sec pers sing sigoseguirfollow; pursue; understand; continue | verb | first pers sing pres
Pégate,pegarseto stick | verb + pron | sec pers sing impera | pegarse a algn = to stay close to sb; to stick close to sb ven,venirto come, to arrive; to return, come back | verb | sec pers sing impera suéltatesoltar + teto let loose, set free; let go, put down | verb + pron | sec pers sing impera
Nononot | adv teteyou, to you, yourself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, sec pers sing mememe, to me, myself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, first pers sing vayasirto go | verb | sec pers sing impera (neg) | irse = to leave sinsinwithout | prep laslasthe | def art | fem pl gana’gana (ganas)desire, interest, urge | noun | fem pl
dedefrom, of | prep volvervolverto return, come back | verb | infin
Porporfor; because of; by | prep eso,esothat | pron baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera bailabailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera conmigoconmigowith me | pron
Baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera quequethat, than | conj yoyoI | pron | first pers sing teteyou, to you, yourself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, sec pers sing sigoseguirfollow; pursue; understand; continue | verb | first pers sing pres
Bésamebesarto kiss | verb + pron | first pers sing impera solosoloonly, just | adv unaunaone | indef art | fem sing | por una vez = for once vezveztime | noun | fem sing | por una vez = for once
Asíasílike this, like that, this way, that way | adv tеngotenerto have | verb | first pers sing pres ununa | indef art | masc sing motivomotivoreason, cause, motive | noun | masc sing pa’parafor, to, in order to | prep | shortened to pa' in colloquial speech volvertevolver + teto return, come back + you | verb + pron | first pers sing pres | volver a hacer = to do again aato, into, by | prep ververto see | verb | infin

[Verse 1]
Sinceramente,sinceramentesincerely | adv dejemo’dejar (dejemos)to let, allow; to leave | verb | first pers pl impera quequethat, than; because; let | conj estoestothis | pron | masc sing fluya,fluirto flow | verb | third pers sing subj nononot | adv sigasseguirto follow | verb | sec pers sing impera (neg) dándoledar + leto give + it | verb | ger | dar mente = to think something over, study, analyze mentementemind | noun | fem sing | dar mente = to think something over, study, analyze
Tenemo’tener (tenemos)to have | verb | first pers pl pres to’atodo (toda)every, each; whole, entire | adj | fem sing lalathe | def art | fem sing nochenochenight | noun | fem sing pa’parafor, to, in order to | prep | shortened to pa' in colloquial speech | para que = so that quequethat, than; because; let | conj | para que = so that mememe, to me, myself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, first pers sing enseñe’enseñar (enseñes)to teach; to show | verb | sec pers sing subj dedefrom, of | prep | de frente = frankly, openly; head-on, squarely frentefrenteforehead | noun | fem sing | de frente = frankly, openly; head-on, squarely
Todotodoeverything | pron lolohim, it | pron | masc sing, neuter | lo que = what, whatever, which quequethat, than; because; let | conj | lo que = what, whatever, which siente’sentir (sientes)to feel; sense; hear; taste; feel about, think about; feel sorry about | verb | sec pers sing pres
Mememe, to me, myself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, first pers sing hueleolerto smell | verb | third pers sing pres aato, into, by | prep quequethat, than; because; let | conj nononot | adv tiene’tener (tienes)to have | verb | sec pers sing pres nadanadanothing | noun | fem sing dedefrom, of | prep inocenteinocenteinnocent, not guilty; naive, gullible; harmless | adj | masc and fem sing
Cómocómohow, why | adv teteyou, to you, yourself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, sec pers sing digodecirto say, tell | verb | first pers sing pres quequethat, than; because; let | conj nononot | adv quieroquererto want | verb | first pers sing pres hablarhablarto speak | verb | infin dedefrom, of | prep amor?amorlove | noun | masc sing
Quequethat, than; because; let | conj sisiif | conj esserto be | verb | third pers sing pres contigo,contigowith you | pron tengotenerto have | verb | first pers sing pres | tener que = to have to quequethat, than; because; let | conj | tener que = to have to pensarpensarto think | verb | infin mejormejorbetter | best | adj | masc and fem sing
Tranqui,tranquilocalm down, relax | adj | colloquial shortened version of tranquilo, used as interj déjalodejar + loto let, allow; to leave + it | verb + pron | sec pers sing impera así,asílike this, like that, this way, that way | adv quieroquererto want | verb | first pers sing pres quedarmequedarseto stay, remain | verb + pron | infin aquíaquíhere, now | adv
Pégate,pegarseto stick | verb + pron | sec pers sing impera | pegarse a algn = to stay close to sb; to stick close to sb venvenirto come, to arrive; to return, come back | verb | sec pers sing impera aato, into, by | prep mí,míme | pron | first pers sing, obj of prep pégate,pegarseto stick | verb + pron | sec pers sing impera | pegarse a algn = to stay close to sb; to stick close to sb venvenirto come, to arrive; to return, come back | verb | sec pers sing impera aato, into, by | prep mímíme | pron | first pers sing, obj of prep

[Chorus]
Baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera bailabailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera conmigoconmigowith me | pron
Baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera quequethat, than; because; let | conj yoyoI | pron | first pers sing teteyou, to you, yourself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, sec pers sing sigoseguirfollow; pursue; understand; continue | verb | first pers sing pres
Pégate,pegarseto stick | verb + pron | sec pers sing impera | pegarse a algn = to stay close to sb; to stick close to sb ven,venirto come, to arrive; to return, come back | verb | sec pers sing impera suéltatesoltar + teto let loose, set free; let go, put down | verb + pron | sec pers sing impera
Nononot | adv teteyou, to you, yourself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, sec pers sing mememe, to me, myself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, first pers sing vayasirto go | verb | sec pers sing impera (neg) | irse = to leave sinsinwithout | prep laslasthe | def art | fem pl gana’gana (ganas)desire, interest, urge | noun | fem pl
dedefrom, of | prep volvervolverto return, come back | verb | infin
Porporfor; because of; by | prep eso,esothat | pron baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera bailabailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera conmigoconmigowith me | pron
Baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera quequethat, than | conj yoyoI | pron | first pers sing teteyou, to you, yourself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, sec pers sing sigoseguirfollow; pursue; understand; continue | verb | first pers sing pres
Bésamebesarto kiss | verb + pron | first pers sing impera solosoloonly, just | adv unaunaone | indef art | fem sing | por una vez = for once vezveztime | noun | fem sing | por una vez = for once
Asíasílike this, like that, this way, that way | adv tеngotenerto have | verb | first pers sing pres ununa | indef art | masc sing motivomotivoreason, cause, motive | noun | masc sing pa’parafor, to, in order to | prep | shortened to pa' in colloquial speech volvertevolver + teto return, come back + you | verb + pron | first pers sing pres | volver a hacer = to do again aato, into, by | prep ververto see | verb | infin

[Verse 2]
Teteyou, to you, yourself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, sec pers sing voyirto go | verb | first pers sing pres | ir a + infin = to be going to do aato, into, by | prep dejardejarto let, allow; to leave | verb | infin mimimy | poss adj | first pers sing: masc and fem sing nouns númeronúmeronumber;lottery ticket; edition, issue | noun | masc sing
Sólosóloonly | adv tiene’tener (tienes)to have | verb | sec pers sing pres | tener que = to have to quequethat, than; because; let | conj llamarllamarto call | verb | infin cuandocuandowhen | adv mememe, to me, myself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, first pers sing echesecharthrow, toss; drop, put; chase out, throw out, kick out; sack, fire; give off, emit | verb | sec pers sing subj | echar de menos = to miss; to notice sth is missing, not be able to find dedefrom, of | prep meno’menosless, minus, below | adv
Quequethat, than; because; let | conj yoyoI | pron | first pers sing lele(to) him, (to) her, (to) them, it, you | pron | indir obj, third pers sing voyirto go | verb | first pers sing pres | ir a + infin = to be going to do aato, into, by | prep llegarllegarto reach, arrive | verb | infin
Baby,babybaby | noun | EN term aunqueaunqueeven though, although, even if | conj mememe, to me, myself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, first pers sing quedequedarto remain, to stay; to be left; to be located; suit, fit | verb | first pers sing subj | quedarse = to stay, remain lejo’lejosfar, far away | adv
Lalathe | def art | fem sing nenanenachild; baby, darling, honey | noun | fem sing e’ser (es)to be | verb | third pers sing pres dedefrom, of | prep otraotroother; another, one more | adj | fem sing ciudad,ciudadcity, town | noun | fem sing peroperobut | conj lele(to) him, (to) her, (to) them, it, you | pron | indir obj, third pers sing correcorrerrun, go quickly; jog; flow; go around, spread; go by, pass by, fly; move, shift; fire, lay off; throw out | verb | third pers sing pres mimimy | poss adj | first pers sing: masc and fem sing nouns flowflowflow | noun | EN term
Teníatenerto have | verb | first and third pers sing imperf curiosidadcuriosidadcuriosity | noun | fem sing yyand | conj ununa | indef art | masc sing besobesokiss | noun | masc sing mememe, to me, myself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, first pers sing robórobarsteal, rob, take | verb | third pers sing pret
Nononot | adv nosnosus, to us, for us, ourselves, each other | pron | dir obj, indir obj, reflex, first pers pl tenemo’tener (tenemos)to have | verb | first pers pl pres | tener que hacer algo = to have to do sth, must do sth quequethat, than; because; letconj hablarhablarto speak | verb | infin
Sisiif | conj conconwith | prep mirarno’mirarselook at oneself/each other | verb + pron | sec pers sing infin no’nosus, to us, for us, ourselves, each other | pron | dir obj, indir obj, reflex, first pers pl entendemo’entenderunderstand | verb | first pers pl pres
Nononot | adv entiendoentenderto understand | verb | first pers sing pres mucho,muchomany, very much, a lot | adj | masc sing pero…perobut | conj

[Chorus]
Baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera bailabailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera conmigoconmigowith me | pron
Baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera quequethat, than; because; let | conj yoyoI | pron | first pers sing teteyou, to you, yourself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, sec pers sing sigoseguirfollow; pursue; understand; continue | verb | first pers sing pres
Pégate,pegarseto stick | verb + pron | sec pers sing impera | pegarse a algn = to stay close to sb; to stick close to sb ven,venirto come, to arrive; to return, come back | verb | sec pers sing impera suéltatesoltar + teto let loose, set free; let go, put down | verb + pron | sec pers sing impera
Nononot | adv teteyou, to you, yourself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, sec pers sing mememe, to me, myself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, first pers sing vayasirto go | verb | sec pers sing impera (neg) | irse = to leave sinsinwithout | prep laslasthe | def art | fem pl gana’gana (ganas)desire, interest, urge | noun | fem pl
dedefrom, of | prep volvervolverto return, come back | verb | infin
Porporfor; because of; by | prep eso,esothat | pron baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera bailabailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera conmigoconmigowith me | pron
Baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera baila,bailarto dance | verb | sec pers sing impera quequethat, than | conj yoyoI | pron | first pers sing teteyou, to you, yourself | pron | dir and indir obj, reflex, sec pers sing sigoseguirfollow; pursue; understand; continue | verb | first pers sing pres
Bésamebesarto kiss | verb + pron | first pers sing impera solosoloonly, just | adv unaunaone | indef art | fem sing | por una vez = for once vezveztime | noun | fem sing | por una vez = for once
Asíasílike this, like that, this way, that way | adv tеngotenerto have | verb | first pers sing pres ununa | indef art | masc sing motivomotivoreason, cause, motive | noun | masc sing pa’parafor, to, in order to | prep | shortened to pa' in colloquial speech volvertevolver + teto return, come back + you | verb + pron | first pers sing pres | volver a hacer = to do again aato, into, by | prep ververto see | verb | infin

Lyrics with Translation

Songs in any language often leave room for multiple interpretations. Following is my interpretation of the song lyrics.

Baila Conmigo
Dance With Me

[Intro]
Bebé, no sé si hablas mucho español
Baby, I don’t know if you speak very much Spanish
Si entiende’ cuando digo “Mi amor”
If you understand when I say “my love”
Comernos sin entenderno’ e’ mejor
Kissing each other without understanding each other is better
Solo tenemo’ que gustarno’
We just have to like each other
Quieres que caiga en tentaciones
You want me to fall into temptation
Mira cómo me pone
Look what it does to me
Ese acento que tienes
That accent that you have
No entiendo mucho, pero vente
I don’t understand much, but come

[Chorus]
Baila, baila, baila conmigo
Dance, dance, dance with me
Baila, baila, que yo te sigo
Dance, dance, let me follow you
Pégate, ven, suéltate
Stick close, come, let loose
No te me vayas sin las gana’ de volver
Do not leave me without the desire to come back
Por eso, baila, baila, baila conmigo
So, dance, dance, dance with me
Baila, baila, quе yo te sigo
Dance, dance, let me follow you
Bésame solo una vez
Kiss me just once
Así tеngo un motivo pa’ volverte a ver
So I have a reason to see you again

[Verse 1]
Sinceramente, dejemo’ que esto fluya, no sigas dándole mente
Honestly, let’s let this flow, don’t keep thinking about it
Tenemo’ to’a la noche pa’ que me enseñe’ de frente
We’ve got the whole night so that you can openly show me
Todo lo que siente’
Everything you feel
Me huele a que no tiene’ nada de inocente
It smells to me like there is nothing innocent about you
¿Cómo te digo que no quiero hablar de amor?
How do I tell you that I don’t want to talk about love?
Que si es contigo, tengo que pensar mejor
That if it’s with you, I have to think better
Tranqui, déjalo así, quiero quedarme aquí
Relax, leave it ike that, I want to stay here
Pégate, ven a mí, pégate, ven a mí
Come close, come to me, come close, come to me

[Chorus]
Baila, baila, baila conmigo
Dance, dance, dance with me
Baila, baila, que yo te sigo
Dance, dance, let me follow you
Pégate, ven, suéltate
Stick close, come, let loose
No te me vayas sin las gana’ de volver
Do not leave me without the desire to come back
Por eso, baila, baila, baila conmigo
So, dance, dance, dance with me
Baila, baila, quе yo te sigo
Dance, dance, let me follow you
Bésame solo una vez
Kiss me just once
Así tеngo un motivo pa’ volverte a ver
So I have a reason to see you again

[Verse 2]
Te voy a dejar mi número
I’ll leave you my number
Sólo tiene’ que llamar cuando me eches de meno’
You just have to call when you miss me
Que yo le voy a llegar
Because I will arrive
Baby, aunque me quede lejo’
Baby, even if I stay far away
La nena e’ de otra ciudad, pero le corre mi flow
The girl is from another city, but my flow runs through her
Tenía curiosidad y un beso me robó
I was curious and she stole a kiss from me
No nos tenemo’ que hablar
We don’t have to talk
Si con mirarno’ no’ entendemo’
If by looking at each other we understand each other
No entiendo mucho, pero…
I don’t understand much, but…

[Chorus]
Baila, baila, baila conmigo
Dance, dance, dance with me
Baila, baila, que yo te sigo
Dance, dance, let me follow you
Pégate, ven, suéltate
Stick close, come, let loose
No te me vayas sin las gana’ de volver
Do not leave me without the desire to come back
Por eso, baila, baila, baila conmigo
So, dance, dance, dance with me
Baila, baila, quе yo te sigo
Dance, dance, let me follow you
Bésame solo una vez
Kiss me just once
Así tеngo un motivo pa’ volverte a ver
So I have a reason to see you again

Grammatical Concepts Used in this Song

• Possessive Adjectives:
  • Si entiende’ cuando digo “Mi amor”
  • Te voy a dejar mi número
  • La nena e’ de otra ciudad, pero le corre mi flow

• Object Pronouns:
  • Mira cómo me pone
  • Baila, baila, que yo te sigo
  • No te me vayas sin las gana’ de volver
  • Bésame solo una vez
  • Así tеngo un motivo pa’ volverte a ver
  • Sinceramente, dejemo’ que esto fluya, no sigas dándole mente
  • Tenemo’ to’a la noche pa’ que me enseñe’ de frente
  • Todo lo que siente’
  • Me huele a que no tiene’ nada de inocente
  • ¿Cómo te digo que no quiero hablar de amor?
  • Tranqui, déjalo así, quiero quedarme aquí
  • Te voy a dejar mi número
  • Sólo tiene’ que llamar cuando me eches de meno’
  • Que yo le voy a llegar
  • La nena e’ de otra ciudad, pero le corre mi flow
  • Tenía curiosidad y un beso me robó

• Expressions with ‘tener’:
  • Solo tenemo’ (tenemos) que gustarno’
  • No nos tenemo’ (tenemos) que hablar
  • Que si es contigo, tengo que pensar mejor
  • Tenía curiosidad y un beso me robó

• Irregular Present Tense:
  • saber:
    • Bebé, no sé si hablas mucho español
  • ir:
    • Te voy a dejar mi número
    • Que yo le voy a llegar
  • ser:
    • Comernos sin entenderno’ e’ (es) mejor
    • La nena e’ (es) de otra ciudad, pero le corre mi flow
    • Que si es contigo, tengo que pensar mejor
  • entender (e=>ie):
    • Si entiende’ (entiendes) cuando digo “Mi amor”
    • No entiendo mucho, pero vente
    • Comernos sin entenderno’ (entendernos) e’ mejor
    • Si con mirarno’ no’ entendemo’
  • decir (e=>i):
    • Si entiende’ cuando digo “Mi amor”
    • ¿Cómo te digo que no quiero hablar de amor?
  • seguir (e=>i):
    • Baila, baila, quе yo te sigo
  • tener (e=>ie):
    • Ese acento que tienes
    • Solo tenemo’ (tenemos) que gustarno’
    • Tenemo’ (tenemos) to’a la noche pa’ que me enseñe’ de frente
    • No nos tenemo’ (tenemos) que hablar
    • Que si es contigo, tengo que pensar mejor
  • querer (e=>ie):
    • Quieres que caiga en tentaciones
    • ¿Cómo te digo que no quiero hablar de amor?
    • Tranqui, déjalo así, quiero quedarme aquí
  • sentir (e=>ie):
    • Todo lo que siente’
  • oler (o=>hue):
    • Me huele a que no tiene’ nada de inocente

• Pronominal Verbs:
  • Comernos sin entenderno‘ e’ mejor
  • Solo tenemo’ que gustarno‘
  • No entiendo mucho, pero vente
  • Pégate, ven, suéltate
  • No te me vayas sin las gana’ de volver
  • Tranqui, déjalo así, quiero quedarme aquí
  • Pégate, ven a mí, pégate, ven a mí
  • Baby, aunque me quede lejo’
  • No nos tenemo’ que hablar
  • Si con mirarno’ no’ entendemo’
  • Si con mirarno’ no’ entendemo’

• Attached Pronouns:
  • Comernos sin entenderno’ e’ mejor
  • Solo tenemo’ que gustarno’
  • Pégate, ven, suéltate
  • Pégate, ven a mí, pégate, ven a mí
  • Así tеngo un motivo pa’ volverte a ver
  • Tranqui, déjalo así, quiero quedarme aquí
  • Si con mirarno’ no’ entendemo’
  • Bésame solo una vez

• Gerund:
  • Sinceramente, dejemo’ que esto fluya, no sigas dándole mente

• Near Future (ir a + infinitive)
  • Te voy a dejar mi número
  • Que yo le voy a llegar

• Imperative:
  • Baila, baila, baila conmigo
  • Baila, baila, que yo te sigo
  • Mira cómo me pone
  • No entiendo mucho, pero vente
  • Pégate, ven, suéltate
  • Pégate, ven a mí, pégate, ven a mí
  • No te me vayas sin las gana’ de volver
  • Bésame solo una vez
  • Sinceramente, dejemo’ (dejemos) que esto fluya, no sigas dándole mente
  • Tranqui, déjalo así, quiero quedarme aquí

• Subjunctive:
  • Quieres que caiga en tentaciones
  • Sinceramente, dejemo’ que esto fluya, no sigas dándole mente
  • Tenemo’ to’a la noche pa’ que me enseñe’ (enseñes) de frente
  • Sólo tiene’ que llamar cuando me eches de meno’
  • Baby, aunque me quede lejo’

• Imperfect:
  • Tenía curiosidad y un beso me robó

• Preterito:
  • Tenía curiosidad y un beso me robó