Te Metiste Ariel Camacho & Los Plebes Del Rancho Translation Meaning and Lyrics

Song Meaning

'Te Metiste' means 'You Slipped In' in English. It is a name of a song by 'Ariel Camacho & Los Plebes Del Rancho' human translated here by a native speaker.

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Lyrics and Translations

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Review

1) Lyric Summary & Meaning

The lyrics are a heartfelt declaration of deep, grateful love, where the narrator struggles to express how much his partner's presence means to him. He acknowledges her complete devotion and the happiness she brings, vowing to protect her from sadness and emphasizing how she has fully entered his life and thoughts, becoming as essential and constant as water flowing through his hands.

2) Emotional Impact & Storytelling

The song evokes a tender, sincere, and deeply emotional feeling through its traditional Mexican banda/sierreño instrumentation, featuring prominent tuba and twelve-string guitar, and Ariel Camacho's raw, emotive vocal delivery. The story is woven from a place of vulnerable gratitude, using simple yet powerful metaphors like water through hands to illustrate how the partner has become an inseparable, life-sustaining force in his existence.

3) Explicit Themes & Mood

The song contains no explicit content; it is a pure, romantic ballad focused on themes of devotion, gratitude, and lifelong commitment. The mood is profoundly heartfelt, passionate, and tender, celebrating the joy of a deep, symbiotic love rather than expressing sadness or conflict.

4) Relation to the Music Video

In this video presented by DEL RECORDS in 2015, Ariel Camacho y Los Plebes del Rancho weave a narrative of love, jealousy, and loyalty in the authentic setting of a horse-breeding ranch. The song "Te Metiste", with its lyrics celebrating a love that gives itself completely ("you give yourself totally / you show me you are only for me"), contrasts dramatically with the plot of passion and misunderstanding that unfolds. The artists, portrayed as ranchers who work, train, and care for the horses, represent a life of simplicity and hard work. The shots of the band playing their guitars and trumpets on the ranch provide the emotional soundtrack to this story. The scene of the ranch owner woman, who initially smiles and shares a drink with the man she loves, is soon tarnished by jealousy when she sees him with another woman. Her spiteful act of undressing in his room—only to be discovered, causing her rival's disappointment and flight—shows how love can become twisted. The ending, with the notice "In Memory of José Ariel Camacho - 1992 - 2015" in the stables, adds a layer of deep nostalgia and tribute, reminding us that this love, like the artist's life, is a fragile and eternal gift that, like water, slips through our hands only to remain forever in memory.

5) Artist's Official Links

https://www.instagram.com/arielcamachooficial/

https://www.facebook.com/ArielCamachoOficial/

Submitted by user: HERNANDEZJ

Average Ratings

Most people find the song lyrics very easy to understand lyrics, lyrics sung very slowly and it has very easy to remember verbs and nouns

Many words used are not in common daily usage.^RAE

Te Metiste has 101 BPM (beats per minute)

Te Metiste is suitable for DELE Level students in terms of language complexity.

References

^RAE Based on a median word frequency of 67514 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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