No Basta Franco De Vita Translation Meaning and Lyrics

Song Meaning

'No Basta' means 'It's not enough' in English. It is a name of a song by 'Franco De Vita' human translated here by a native speaker.

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Lyrics and Translations

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Original Lyrics: No basta

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Aligned Translation: It is not enough

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Original Lyrics: Traerlos al mundo porque es obligatorio

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Aligned Translation: Bringing them into the world because it is mandatory

Free Translation: Bringing them into the world because it's an obligation

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Original Lyrics: Porque son la base del matrimonio

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Aligned Translation: Because they are the base of marriage

Free Translation: Because they are the base of marriage

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Original Lyrics: O porque te equivocaste en la cuenta

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Aligned Translation: Or because you made a mistake in the account

Free Translation: Or because you made a mistake

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Original Lyrics: No basta

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Aligned Translation: It is not enough

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Original Lyrics: Con llevarlos a la escuela a que aprendan

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Aligned Translation: With taking them to school to learn

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Original Lyrics: Porque la vida cada vez es más dura

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Aligned Translation: Because life is getting harder and harder

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Original Lyrics: Ser lo que tu padre no pudo ser

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Aligned Translation: To be what your father could not be

Free Translation: To be what your father couldn't

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Original Lyrics: No basta

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Aligned Translation: It is not enough

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Original Lyrics: Que de afecto le has dado bien poco

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Aligned Translation: That of affection you have given him very little

Free Translation: Very little affection you have given to him

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Original Lyrics: Todo por culpa del maldito trabajo

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Aligned Translation: All because of the damn job

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Original Lyrics: Y del tiempo

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Aligned Translation: And of time

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Original Lyrics: No basta

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Aligned Translation: It is not enough

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Original Lyrics: Porque cuando quiso hablar de un problema

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Aligned Translation: Because when he wanted to talk about a problem

Free Translation: Because when he wanted to talk about a problem

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Original Lyrics: le dijiste: "niño, será mañana

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Aligned Translation: You told him: "child, it will be tomorrow

Free Translation: You said to him: "Kid, it will be tomorrow

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Original Lyrics: Es muy tarde

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Aligned Translation: It's too late

Free Translation: It's too late

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Original Lyrics: Estoy cansado"

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Aligned Translation: I'm tired"

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Original Lyrics: No basta

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Aligned Translation: It is not enough

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Original Lyrics: Comprarle todo lo que quiso comprarse

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Aligned Translation: Buy him everything he wanted to buy himself

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Original Lyrics: El auto nuevo antes de graduarse

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Aligned Translation: The new car before graduation

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Original Lyrics: Que viviera lo que no has vivido

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Aligned Translation: To live what you have not lived

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Original Lyrics: No basta

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Aligned Translation: It is not enough

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Original Lyrics: Con creer ser un padre excelente

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Aligned Translation: With believing to be an excellent father

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Original Lyrics: Porque eso te dice la gente

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Aligned Translation: Because that's what people tell you

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Original Lyrics: A tus hijos nunca les falta nada

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Aligned Translation: Your children never lack for anything

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Original Lyrics: No basta

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Aligned Translation: It is not enough

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Original Lyrics: Porque cuando quiso hablarte de sexo

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Aligned Translation: Because when he wanted to talk to you about sex

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Original Lyrics: Se te subieron los colores al rostro

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Aligned Translation: The colors came up on your face

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Original Lyrics: Y te fuiste

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Aligned Translation: And you left

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Original Lyrics: No basta

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Aligned Translation: It is not enough

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Original Lyrics: Porque de haber tenido un problema

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Aligned Translation: Because in case of having a problem

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Original Lyrics: Lo habría resuelto comprando en la esquina

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Aligned Translation: He would have solved it by shopping on the corner

Free Translation: He would have solved it by shopping on the streets

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Original Lyrics: Lo que había

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Aligned Translation: What there was

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Original Lyrics: Lo que había

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Aligned Translation: What there was

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Original Lyrics: No basta

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Aligned Translation: It is not enough

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Original Lyrics: Con comprarle curiosos objetos

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Aligned Translation: With buying him curious objects

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Original Lyrics: No basta

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Aligned Translation: It is not enough

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Original Lyrics: Cuando lo que necesita es afecto

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Aligned Translation: When what he needs is affection

Free Translation: When affection is what he needs

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Original Lyrics: Aprender a dar valor a las cosas

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Aligned Translation: To learn to give value to things

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Original Lyrics: Porque

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Aligned Translation: Because you

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Original Lyrics: No le serás eterno

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Aligned Translation: You will not be eternal to him

Free Translation: You won't be eternal to him

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Original Lyrics: No basta

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Aligned Translation: It is not enough

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Original Lyrics: Castigarlo por haber llegado tarde

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Aligned Translation: Punishing him for being late

Free Translation: Punishing him for being late

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Original Lyrics: Si no has caído, ya tu chico es un hombre

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Aligned Translation: If you haven't fallen for it, your boy is already a man

Free Translation: If you haven't realized, your boy is man already

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Original Lyrics: Ahora más alto y más fuerte

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Aligned Translation: Now higher and stronger

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Original Lyrics: Que

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Aligned Translation: That you

Free Translation: Than you

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Original Lyrics: Que

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Aligned Translation: That you

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Original Lyrics: No basta

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Aligned Translation: It is not enough

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Original Lyrics: No basta

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Original Lyrics: No basta

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Original Lyrics: No basta

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Original Lyrics: No basta

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Original Lyrics: No basta

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Aligned Translation: It is not enough

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Original Lyrics: No basta

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Aligned Translation: It is not enough

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Review

Franco de Vita No Basta meaning and English lyrics translated

Franco de Vita is among the greatest singers and songwriters in Latin America, he won several Latin Grammy prizes, and he was recognized by the USA Congress as one of the most influential Latin artists of all time.  The Venezuelan songwriter has written songs for great artists just as Chayanne, Ricky Martin, and Luis Fonsi among others.

When I was a child, my mom used to hear his songs, but at that time I remembered the melodies but not the lyrics, when I grew up, I started to listen to his music again, this time by analyzing them and discovering how wonderful they were. 

No Basta – “It’s not enough” is one of those great songs. No Basta is not the typical song with a popular theme, instead, No Basta is a song about how to be a good parent. The premise of the song is that “It’s not enough” and then tells how is not enough to bring a child into the world just because you think it’s necessary for marriage or probably because you made a mistake. 

No Basta by Franco de Vita teaches us that a child not only needs material possessions or to have the things you didn’t have as a child. Children need affection, people who can guide them and give answers to all their doubts. The lyrics understand that probably one night you were too tired because of your job and didn’t listen when your kid wanted to talk to you, but encourages us to try to find that space because the answer we don’t give them they will end up looking for them in places we don’t want.

As I mentioned before the song lyrics are unusual but they are really pretty and who knows, you may end up thinking about your dad or your mom while listening to it. In terms of learning Spanish, I don’t consider this song difficult at all, just one sentence can be a little hard but I explained it in the translation lyrics. 

Submitted by user: ANITA

Average Ratings

Most people find the song lyrics hard 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

No Basta has 130 BPM (beats per minute)

References

RAE Based on a median word frequency of 95469 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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