Usted Jose Feliciano Translation Meaning and Lyrics

Song Meaning

'Usted' means 'You' in English. It is a name of a song by 'Jose Feliciano' human translated here by a native speaker.

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Original Lyrics: Usted es la culpable

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Pronoun	Verb	Determiner	Noun
usted	es	la	culpable
(second person formal); you (singular)	to be (essentially or identified as).	the	culpable person
	2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Polite of the verb ser
You	are	the	culpable person

Aligned Translation: You are the culpable person

Free Translation: You are to blame

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Original Lyrics: De todas mis angustias

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Preposition	Adjective	Adjective
de	todo	mi
of; ’s; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)	all, every	before the noun Apocopic form of mío, my

Of	all	my	anguish
⁴ In English 'anguish' is used in the singular

Aligned Translation: Of all my anguish

Free Translation: Of all my heartaches

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Original Lyrics: Y todos mis quebrantos

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Conjunction	Adjective	Adjective	Noun
y	todos	mi	quebranto ⁴
and	Masculine plural of todo	before the noun Apocopic form of mío, my	An affliction or grief.

And	all	my	grief
⁴ In English we don't say 'griefs' but 'greif'

Aligned Translation: And all my grief

Free Translation: And all my tears

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Original Lyrics: Usted lleno mi vida

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Pronoun	Verb	Adjective	Noun
usted	llenó ²	mío	vida
(second person formal); you (singular)	transitive to fill out or complete a form	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	life
	2nd Person Singular Indicative Preterite Polite of the verb llenar
You	filled	my	life
² Original text missing ó for past tense

Aligned Translation: You filled my life

Free Translation: You filled my life

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Original Lyrics: De amargas inquietudes

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Preposition		Noun
de		inquietud
of (indicates a quality or characteristic)		inquietude, restlessness

With	bitter	restlessness

Aligned Translation: with bitter concerns

Free Translation: With bitter concerns

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Original Lyrics: Y amargos desencantos

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Conjunction	Adjective	Noun
y	amargos	desencanto
and	Masculine plural of amargo	demystification

And	bitter	disenchantments

Aligned Translation: And bitter disenchantments

Free Translation: And bitter disenchantments

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Original Lyrics: Su amor es como un grito

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Adjective	Noun	Verb	Adverb	Determiner	Noun
suyo	amor	es	como	un	grito
formal Yours, your, to you.	love	to be (essentially or identified as).	like, about (approximately)	a	a cry, a yell, a scream
		2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Polite of the verb ser
Your	love	is	like	a	cry

Aligned Translation: Your love is like a scream

Free Translation: Your love is like a scream

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Original Lyrics: Que llevo aquí en mi alma

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Pronoun	Verb	Adverb	Preposition	Adjective	Noun
que	llevó ²	aquí	en	mío	alma
that; which	transitive to have, include (have as a component, part, accessory or ingredient)	here	in, at, on	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	soul
	3rd Person Singular Indicative Preterite of the verb llevar
That	is a part	here	in	my	soul
² Another use of 'llevar', but this time he's taking about 'her love' so it's 3rd person; coincidentally it is conjugated the same way

Aligned Translation: That I carry here in my soul

Free Translation: That's is here [as a part] of my soul

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Original Lyrics: Y aquí en mi corazón

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Conjunction	Adverb	Preposition	Adjective	Noun
y	aquí	en	mío	corazón
and	here	in, at, on	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	anatomy heart (organ of the body)

And	here	in	my	heart

Aligned Translation: And here in my heart

Free Translation: And here in my heart

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Original Lyrics: Y soy aunque no quiera

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Conjunction	Verb	Conjunction	Adverb	Verb
y	soy	aunque	no	quiera
and	to be (essentially or identified as).	though, although, even though, albeit	not	to desire, to want, to want to
	1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser			1st Person Singular Subjunctive Present of the verb querer
And	I am	albeit	not	wanting to be

Aligned Translation: And I am albeit not wanting to be

Free Translation: And I am even if I don't want to

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Original Lyrics: Esclavo de sus ojos

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Noun	Preposition	Adjective	Noun
esclavo	de	sus	ojo
slave	of; ’s; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)	formal Your (with plural possessee).	eye

Slave	of	your	eyes

Aligned Translation: Slave of your eyes

Free Translation: Slave to your eyes

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Original Lyrics: Esclavo de su amor...

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Noun	Preposition	Adjective	Noun
esclavo	de	suyo	amor
slave	of; ’s; (used after the thing owned and before the owner)	formal Yours, your, to you.	love

Slave	to	your	love

Aligned Translation: Slave to your love

Free Translation: Slave of your love

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Original Lyrics: No juegue con mi vida

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Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Adjective	Noun
no	juegue	con	mío	vida
not	to play	with	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	life
	2nd Person Singular Subjunctive Present Polite of the verb jugar
Not	you play	with	my	life

Aligned Translation: Don't play with my life

Free Translation: Please don't play around with me

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Original Lyrics: Ni con mis sentimientos

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ni	con	mi	sentimiento
nor, or	with	before the noun Apocopic form of mío, my	feeling

Nor	with	my	feelings

Aligned Translation: Nor with my feelings

Free Translation: Nor with my feelings

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Original Lyrics: Usted es mi única esperanza

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Pronoun	Verb	Adjective	Adjective	Noun
usted	es	mío	único	esperanza
(second person formal); you (singular)	to be (essentially or identified as).	predicative or after the noun mine, my.	only; single; sole	hope
	2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Polite of the verb ser
You	are	my	only	hope

Aligned Translation: You are my only hope

Free Translation: You are my only hope

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Original Lyrics: Mi única esperanza

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Adjective	Adjective	Noun
mío	único	esperanza
predicative or after the noun mine, my.	solitary alone, only one(s)	hope

My	solitary	hope

Aligned Translation: My solitary hope

Free Translation: my only hope

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Original Lyrics: Comprenda de una vez

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Verb	Preposition	Determiner	Noun
comprenda	de	un ³	vez ⁴
to understand, to comprehend	about (concerning; with regard to)	a	time, instance
2nd Person Singular Subjunctive Present Polite of the verb comprender
You understand	about	one	time
^3,4 Once and for all

Aligned Translation: You understand it at last

Free Translation: You understand it once and for all

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Original Lyrics: Usted me desespera

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usted	yo	desespera
(second person formal); you (singular)	(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	transitive to despair, exasperate
		2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Polite of the verb desesperar
You	me	exasperate

Aligned Translation: You exasperate me

Free Translation: You exasperate me

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Original Lyrics: Me mata me enloquece

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Pronoun			Verb
yo			enloquece
(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.			transitive to drive crazy, madden, drive insane, distract.
			2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Polite of the verb enloquecer
Me	you kill	me	drive me crazy

Aligned Translation: you kill me drive me crazy

Free Translation: you kill me you drive me crazy

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Original Lyrics: Que hasta la vida

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Conjunction	Preposition	Determiner	Noun
que	hasta	la	vida
indicating a reason, roughly because	until	the	life

That	until	the	life

Aligned Translation: That until life

Free Translation: That even life

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Original Lyrics: Diera por vencer el miedo

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Verb		Verb
diera		vencer
transitive to give, to give out		to defeat, to win, to conquer
1st Person Singular Subjunctive Imperfect Ra of the verb dar		Infinitive
I would give	for	to beat	the	fear

Aligned Translation: I would give to overcome fear

Free Translation: I would give to overcome fear

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Original Lyrics: De besarla a usted

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Preposition	Verb	Pronoun	Preposition	Pronoun
de	besar	ella	a	usted
about (concerning; with regard to)	to kiss	she, her (used subjectively and after prepositions)	to	(second person formal); you (singular)
	Infinitive
Of	kiss	you	to	you

Aligned Translation: To kiss you

Free Translation: To kiss you

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Review

I found this song when looking for a song that used the Usted form of verbs. The whole song is written in Usted form when Jose is talking to his love.

It's a short love song about Jose's infatuation with a girl, and boy is he infatuated. It is filmed in colour, and has a 70s feel about it. I absolutely love this song - not really my style - but the passionate way Jose sings and the melody and simple sound is wonderful.

It reminds me so much of my father who would have loved to spend an evening listening to this. He learnt a lot of Spanish and Usted would have made a great subject.

Jose uses a lot of subjunctive - expressing his desires via that mood - but I have to say he's not very confident; and this may wind up being an unrequited love. Saying that Jose has the 70s latin hunk look to him, women love a sop, and the fact it turns out he's sold millions of records might have got him his "kiss" wish in the end.

Submitted by user: BENDECKO

Average Ratings

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

Most words used are in common daily usage.^RAE

Usted has 104 BPM (beats per minute)

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^RAE Based on a median word frequency of 1664 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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