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(Spanish: [poɾˈke no te ˈkaʎas]; English: "Why don't you shut up?") is a phrase that was uttered by King Juan Carlos I of Spain to Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, at the 2007 Ibero-American Summit in Santiago, Chile, when Chávez was repeatedly interrupting Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's speech.
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The song's refrain, "bamboleo, bambolea, porque mi vida yo la prefier* vivir así", translates to: "Swaying, swaying, because I prefer to live my life this way." Part of the song is an adaptation of the 1980 Venezuelan folk song "Caballo Viejo" by Simón Díaz. [1] The refrain is based on Bamboleô by André Filho, recorded by Carmen Miranda in ...
Spanish is a pro-drop language with respect to subject pronouns. Like French and other languages with the T–V distinction, Spanish has a distinction in its second person pronouns that has no equivalent in modern English. Object pronouns come in two forms: clitic and non-clitic, or stressed.
"Quiero" was released as the lead single from Rivera in January 2001. [12] A music video was filmed for the ballad version and was directed by Juan Basanta; it features the artist in various places including a flower field, a waterfall, and a party in a house where he flirts with a woman. [13]
Spanish is a pro-drop language with respect to subject pronouns, and, like many European languages, Spanish makes a T-V distinction in second person pronouns that has no equivalent in modern English. Object pronouns can be both clitic and non-clitic, with non-clitic forms carrying greater emphasis.
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
"Yo quiero bailar" (English: "I Want to Dance") is a song in Spanish by Sonia & Selena. The Spanish duo bid to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 with the song, [1] but lost the bid to David Civera and his song "Dile que la quiero". "Yo quiero bailar" finished 9th overall in the Spanish national final.