Cuándo empezaré a vivir Danna Paola Translation Meaning and Lyrics

Song Meaning

'Cuándo empezaré a vivir' means 'When will I start to live' in English. It is a name of a song by 'Danna Paola' human translated here by a native speaker.

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Original Lyrics: 7 AM, un día más inicia

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	Adverb		Determiner	Noun	Adverb
	AM		un	día	más
	AM (before noon)		a	day (any period of 24 hours)	more; -er (used to make comparisons)

7	AM	,	a one	day	more	start

Aligned Translation: 7 AM, one more day starts

Free Translation: 7 AM, one more day starts

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Original Lyrics: A los quehaceres y a barrer muy bien

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Preposition	Determiner	Noun	Conjunction	Preposition	Verb	Adverb
a	los	quehacer	y	a	barrer	muy
to	the	work	and	at	transitive to sweep	very
					Infinitive
To	the	homework	and	at	sweep	very	well

Aligned Translation: To the chores and to sweep very well

Free Translation: To the chores and to sweep very well

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Original Lyrics: Pulo y encero, lavo y saco brillo

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	Conjunction	Verb		Verb	Conjunction	Verb	Noun
	y	encerar		lavar	y	saco	brillo
	and	transitive to wax, polish		transitive to wash	and	transitive to get out, to take out (e.g. the family, a partner, a friend, a dog)	shine, glow, radiance
		of the verb		of the verb		1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb sacar
Cleaning	and	wax	,	wash	and	get	shine

Aligned Translation: I polish and , wash and shine

Free Translation: I polish and wax, wash and shine

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Original Lyrics: Terminé, ¿qué hora es? Siete con dieciséis

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Verb		Pronoun	Noun		Punctuation mark
terminé		qué	hora		?
to finish, to end, to terminate, to be over, to wrap up, to finish up, to finish off, to finish out, to complete, to conclude		what (interrogative only)	time (the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device)		Used in ¿ ?.
1st Person Singular Indicative Preterite of the verb terminar
Finish	,	what	time	is	?

Aligned Translation: Finish What time is seven sixteen

Free Translation: Finished, what time is it? It is sixteen past seven

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Original Lyrics: Un libro leeré, o tal vez dos o tres

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Determiner	Noun	Verb		Conjunction	Adjective	Numeral	Conjunction	Numeral
un	libro	leeré		o	tal	dos	o	tres
a	book	to read		or	such	cardinal numbers two	or	cardinal numbers three
		1st Person Singular Indicative Future of the verb leer
A	book	I read	,	or	such	two	or	three

Aligned Translation: I will read one book, or maybe two or three

Free Translation: A book I'll read, or maybe two or three

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Original Lyrics: O en mi galería algo pintaré

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Conjunction	Preposition		Noun	Pronoun	Verb
o	en		galería	algo	pintaré
or	in, at, on		gallery	something, anything	transitive to paint (to apply paint to)
					1st Person Singular Indicative Future of the verb pintar
Or	in	my	gallery	something	pint

Aligned Translation: Or in my gallery I will paint something

Free Translation: Or in my gallery something I'll paint

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Original Lyrics: Guitarra toco, tejo, horneo, ya no sé

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Noun	Verb		Noun		Verb			Adverb	Verb
guitarra	toco		tejo		hornear			no	sé
guitar	transitive to play (a musical instrument)		yew		to bake			not	to know (a fact)
	1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb tocar				of the verb				1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb saber
Guitar	I play	,	yew	,	bake	,	I	not	know

Aligned Translation: Guitar yew, bake, I don't know anymore

Free Translation: Guitar I play, bake, yew I don't know anymore

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Original Lyrics: Yo cuándo empezaré a vivir

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Pronoun	Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Verb
yo	cuándo	empezaré	a	vivir
(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	interrogative when	to start, begin, to get started	to	intransitive to live; to be alive
		1st Person Singular Indicative Future of the verb empezar		Infinitive
I	when	star	to	live

Aligned Translation: When will I start to live

Free Translation: When will I start to live

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Original Lyrics: Rompecabezas, dardos y hacer galletas

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Noun		Noun	Conjunction		Noun
rompecabezas		dardos	y		galleta
A jigsaw puzzle		darts (the game)	and		cookie / biscuit

A jigsaw puzzle	,	darts	and	cook	cookie

Aligned Translation: A jigsaw puzzles, darts and making cookies

Free Translation: A jigsaw puzzles, darts and making cookies

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Original Lyrics: Papel maché, ballet y algo de ajedrez

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Noun	Verb		Noun	Conjunction	Pronoun	Preposition	Noun
papel	machar		ballet	y	algo	de	ajedrez
paper	to grind, to pound		ballet	and	something, anything	of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective)	chess
	of the verb
Paper	grind	,	ballet	and	something	of	chess

Aligned Translation: Paper mache , ballet and some chess

Free Translation: Paper mache , ballet and some chess

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Original Lyrics: Alfarería, ventriloquía y velas

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			Conjunction
			y
			and

Pottery	,	ventriloquism	and	candels

Aligned Translation: Pottery ventriloquism and candles

Free Translation: Pottery, ventriloquism and candles

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Original Lyrics: Estirar, dibujar o trepar, o coser

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Verb		Verb	Conjunction	Verb		Conjunction	Verb
estirar		dibujar	o	trepar		o	coser
to stretch		transitive to draw, to sketch	or	to clamber, to scramble, to scramble up, to shimmy up (using both hands and feet)		or	to sew
Infinitive		Infinitive		Infinitive			Infinitive
Stretch	,	draw	or	clamber	,	or

Aligned Translation: Stretch , drawing or climb or sewing

Free Translation: Stretch , drawing or climb or sewing

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Original Lyrics: Los libros releeré si el rato hay que pasar

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Determiner	Noun	Verb	Conjunction	Determiner	Noun	Conjunction	Verb
los	libro	releeré	si	el	rato	que	pasar
the	book	to re-read	if	Masculine singular definite article; the.	a while, bit (a short period of time)	that	to pass
		1st Person Singular Indicative Future of the verb releer					Infinitive
The	book	reread	if	the	while	that	pass

Aligned Translation: I will reread the books if the time has to pass

Free Translation: The books I'll re-read if the time has to pass

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Original Lyrics: Y pintaré algo más, encontraré un lugar

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Conjunction	Verb	Pronoun	Adverb		Verb	Determiner	Noun
y	pintaré	algo	más		encontraré	un	lugar
and	transitive to paint (to apply paint to)	something, anything	more; -er (used to make comparisons)		transitive to meet	a	place
	1st Person Singular Indicative Future of the verb pintar				1st Person Singular Indicative Future of the verb encontrar
And	pain	something	more	,	meet	a	place

Aligned Translation: And I'll paint something , I'll find a place

Free Translation: And I'll paint something else, I'll find a place

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Original Lyrics: Y mi cabello cepillaré, a cepillar

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Conjunction		Noun	Verb		Preposition	Verb
y		cabello	cepillaré		a	cepillar
and		hair (the mass of hairs on the head)	to brush		to	to brush
			1st Person Singular Indicative Future of the verb cepillar			Infinitive
And	my	hear	brush	,	to	brush

Aligned Translation: And my hair brush , to brush

Free Translation: And my hair brush, to brush

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Original Lyrics: Pero al final siempre vuelvo a aquí

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Conjunction	Preposition	Determiner	Noun	Adverb	Verb		Adverb
pero	a	el	final	siempre	vuelvo		aquí
but	to	Masculine singular definite article; the.	sports final	always	to return, to revert		here
					1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb volver
But	to	the	final	always	retourn	to	her

Aligned Translation: But in the end I always come back to here

Free Translation: But in the end I always come back here

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Original Lyrics: Yo me pregunto, pregunto, pregunto

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Pronoun	Verb		Verb		Verb
yo	pregunto		pregunto		pregunto
(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	reflexive to wonder, to ask oneself		reflexive to wonder, to ask oneself		reflexive to wonder, to ask oneself
	1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb preguntar		1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb preguntar		1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb preguntar
I	wonder	,	wonder	,

Aligned Translation: I wonder,wonder,wonder

Free Translation: I wonder,wonder, wonder

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Original Lyrics: Que cuándo comenzaré a vivir

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Conjunction	Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Verb
que	cuándo	comenzaré	a	vivir
that	interrogative when	to begin	to	intransitive to live; to be alive
		1st Person Singular Indicative Future of the verb comenzar		Infinitive
That	when	I will	being to	live

Aligned Translation: That when will I start to live

Free Translation: When will I start to live

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Original Lyrics: Las luces que deseo contemplar

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Determiner	Noun	Pronoun	Verb	Verb
las	luz	que	deseo	contemplar
the	light	that; whom	to wish	to contemplate
			1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb desear	Infinitive
The	light	that	wish	contemplate

Aligned Translation: The lights that I wish to behold

Free Translation: The lights that I wish to behold

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Original Lyrics: Cada año en mi cumpleaños están

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Determiner	Noun	Preposition		Noun
cada	año	en		cumpleaños
each; every	year	in, at, on		birthday

Each	year	in	my	birthday	are

Aligned Translation: Every year on my birthday they are

Free Translation: Every year on my birthday they are

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Original Lyrics: ¿De dónde son? Ahí quiero ir

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Aligned Translation: Where are they from? that's Were I want to go

Free Translation: Where are they from? that's Were I want to go

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Original Lyrics: Quizá hoy mi madre me permita ya salir

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Adverb	Adverb		Noun		Verb	Adverb	Verb
quizá	hoy		madre		permita	ya	salir
perhaps, maybe	today		mother		to allow, permit	now	to go out, leave, to depart, to head out
					2nd Person Singular Imperative Affirmative Polite of the verb permitir		Infinitive
Perhaps	today	my	mother	me	allow	to	leave

Aligned Translation: Maybe today my mom will let me out already

Free Translation: Maybe today my mom will let me out already

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Review

Cuando empezare a vivir living Meaning and English lyrics translate

★ Cuando empezare a vivir - when I will start living.The song that the artist Danna Paola performs in the movie Tangled

★ The song is about Rapunzel who is bored of staying in the tower because every day she does the same thing and can't leave the tower. The song is played while Rapunzel is doing her chores, which can be called "a work song."

★ In this song, the protagonist is going about her daily chores and wonders when she will finally start living. She enjoys activities such as reading, playing guitar, baking, and painting, but always finds herself returning to her routine. She dreams of seeing the lights she loves on her birthday and asks when she will finally be allowed to leave.

Submitted by user: ANITA

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

Cuándo empezaré a vivir has 108 BPM (beats per minute)

Cuándo empezaré a vivir is suitable for DELE Level students in terms of language complexity.

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^RAE Based on a median word frequency of 3198 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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