El Presente Julieta Venegas Translation Meaning and Lyrics

Song Meaning

'El Presente' means 'The Present' in English. It is a name of a song by 'Julieta Venegas' human translated here by a native speaker.

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Lyrics and Translations

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Original Lyrics: Ya sé, lo que te diga no va a ser suficiente, ay ay ay ay ay

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Aligned Translation: I know, what I tell you is not going to be enough, ay ay ay ay ay

Free Translation: I know, what I tell you isn't going to be enough, ay ay ay ay ay

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Original Lyrics: Y lo que me entregues dejará pendientes, ay ay ay ay ay

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Aligned Translation: And what you deliver to me will left pending, ay ay ay ay ay

Free Translation: And what you give me will left things pending, ay ay ay ay ay

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Original Lyrics: ¿Quién nos dice qué, la vida, nos dará el tiempo necesario?

Typing Test: ¿       ,     ,           ?

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Aligned Translation: Who tells us that, life, will give us the time we need?

Free Translation: Who tell us that, life, will give us the time we need?

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Original Lyrics: Toma de mí, lo que deseas, como si solo quedara

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Aligned Translation: Take from me, what you desire, as if there were only

Free Translation: Take from me, what you want, as if only remained

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Original Lyrics: El presente es lo único que tengo

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Aligned Translation: The present is the only thing I have

Free Translation: The present is the only thing I have

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Original Lyrics: El presente es lo único que hay

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Aligned Translation: The present is the only thing there

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Original Lyrics: Es contigo mi vida con quien puedo sentir

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Aligned Translation: It is with you my life with whom I can feel

Free Translation: It is with you my life with whom I can feel

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Original Lyrics: Que merece la pena vivir

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Aligned Translation: That it is worth living

Free Translation: That it is worth living

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Original Lyrics: Con el mundo como va, se nos acaba todo, ay ay ay ay ay

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Aligned Translation: With the way the world is going, we are running out of everything, ay ay ay ay ay

Free Translation: With the way the world is going, we run out of everything, ay ay ay ay ay

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Original Lyrics: La tempestad y la calma casi son la misma cosa, ay ay ay ay ay

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Aligned Translation: The storm and the calm are almost the same thing, ay ay ay ay ay

Free Translation: The storm and the calm are almost the same thing, ay ay ay ay ay

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Original Lyrics: ¿Quién nos dice que la vida, nos dará el tiempo necesario?

Typing Test: ¿           ,           ?

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Aligned Translation: Who tells us that life, will give us the time we need?

Free Translation: Who tell us that life, will give us the time we need?

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Original Lyrics: Toma de lo que deseas, como si solo quedara

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Aligned Translation: Take from me what you want, as if there were only

Free Translation: Take from me what you want, as if only remained

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Original Lyrics: El presente es lo único que tengo

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Aligned Translation: The present is the only thing I have

Free Translation: The present is the only thing I have

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Original Lyrics: El presente es lo único que hay

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Aligned Translation: The present is the only thing there

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Original Lyrics: Es contigo mi vida con quien puedo sentir

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Aligned Translation: It is with you my life with whom I can feel

Free Translation: It is with you my life with whom I can feel

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Original Lyrics: Que merece la pena vivir

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Aligned Translation: That it is worth living

Free Translation: That it is worth living

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Original Lyrics: El presente es lo único que tenemos

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Aligned Translation: The present is the only thing we have

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Original Lyrics: El presente es lo único que hay

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Aligned Translation: The present is the only thing there

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Original Lyrics: Es contigo mi vida con quien puedo sentir

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Aligned Translation: It is with you my life with whom I can feel

Free Translation: It is with you my life with whom I can feel

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Original Lyrics: Que merece la pena vivir

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Aligned Translation: That it is worth living

Free Translation: That it is worth living

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Original Lyrics: Ya sé, lo que te diga no va a ser suficiente consuelo

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Aligned Translation: I know, what I tell you is not going to be enough consolation

Free Translation: I know, what I tell you isn't going to be enough consolation

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Original Lyrics: Por perder ese lugar, que amamos y destrozamos

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Aligned Translation: For losing that place, that we love and we tear apart

Free Translation: For losing that place, that we loved and we shattered

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Original Lyrics: El presente es lo único que tengo

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Aligned Translation: The present is the only thing I have

Free Translation: The present is the only thing I have

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Original Lyrics: El presente es lo único que hay

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Aligned Translation: The present is the only thing there

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Original Lyrics: Es contigo mi vida con quien puedo sentir

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Aligned Translation: It is with you my life with whom I can feel

Free Translation: It is with you my life with whom I can feel

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Original Lyrics: Que merece la pena vivir

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Aligned Translation: That it is worth living

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Review

Julieta Venegas El presente meaning and English lyrics explained

El presente – “El present” is a song by the Mexican composer and singer Julieta Venegas. The song was released in 2008. El presente received positive critics and it was a success in her country Mexico and Spain where the word remained the top one for eleven weeks consecutively, in the USA, the song reached number 2 as the best Latin pop song. El presente was the first Live Album MTV Unplugged that Julieta Venegas released.

El presente is a song about living the moment and enjoying what you are doing alongside the person you love. The lyrics say that the present is the only thing that exists and it’s the only thing we need because we don’t know if life will give us the necessary time to do all we what, for that reason we need to enjoy the moment and not postpone thing we can do now. 

El presente also has a romantic message in the lyrics, saying that we need to love people for what they are at the moment, maybe sometimes we are too hard on people wishing they change faster or give us things they don’t have. Relationships sometimes should be based on what we feel in the moment, that way we can see how the relationship evolves in time.

El presente by Julieta Venegas is a beautiful song and it’s among the most popular song she has made, now, in terms of learning, the song is extremely easy, with no too many lyrics and verbs, and the singing is slow-paced not to difficult to follow up. El presente is a nice song if you want to practice your Spanish and pronunciation and at the same time listen to one of the most popular Latin songs ever made. 

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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

Most words used are in very common daily usage.RAE

El Presente has 143 BPM (beats per minute)

References

RAE Based on a median word frequency of 353 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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