Limon Y Sal Julieta Venegas Translation Meaning and Lyrics

Song Meaning

'Limon Y Sal' means 'Lemon and salt' 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: Tengo que confesar que a veces

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Aligned Translation: I have to confess that sometimes

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Original Lyrics: No me gusta tu forma de ser

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Aligned Translation: I don't like the way you are

Free Translation: I don't like the way you are

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Original Lyrics: Luego te me desapareces

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Aligned Translation: Then you disappear

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Original Lyrics: Y no entiendo muy bien por qué

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Aligned Translation: And I don't quite understand why

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Original Lyrics: No dices nada romántico

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Aligned Translation: You don't say anything romantic

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Original Lyrics: Cuando llega el atardecer

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Aligned Translation: When sunset comes

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Original Lyrics: Te pones de un humor extraño

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Aligned Translation: You get in a weird mood

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Original Lyrics: Con cada luna llena al mes

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Aligned Translation: With every full moon a month

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Original Lyrics: Pero a todo lo demás

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Aligned Translation: But everything else

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Original Lyrics: Le gana lo bueno que me das

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Aligned Translation: The good you give me wins

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Original Lyrics: Solo tenerte cerca

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Aligned Translation: Just having you around

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Original Lyrics: Siento que vuelvo a empezar

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Aligned Translation: I feel like I'm starting over

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Original Lyrics: Yo te quiero con limón y sal

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Aligned Translation: I love you with lemon and salt

Free Translation: I like you with lemon and salt

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Original Lyrics: Yo te quiero tal y como estás

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Aligned Translation: I love you the way you are

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Original Lyrics: No hace falta cambiarte nada

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Aligned Translation: No need to change you anything

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Original Lyrics: Yo te quiero si vienes o si vas

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Aligned Translation: I love you if you come or go

Free Translation: I like if you come or go

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Original Lyrics: Si subes, si bajas, si no estás

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Aligned Translation: If you go up, if you go down, if you're not here

Free Translation: If you go up, if you go down, if you're not here

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Original Lyrics: Seguro de lo que sientes

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Aligned Translation: Sure what you feel

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Original Lyrics: Tengo que confesarte ahora

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Aligned Translation: I have to confess now

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Original Lyrics: Nunca creí en la felicidad

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Aligned Translation: I never believed in happiness

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Original Lyrics: A veces algo se le parece

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Aligned Translation: Sometimes something looks like it

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Original Lyrics: Pero es pura casualidad

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Aligned Translation: But it's pure coincidence

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Original Lyrics: Luego me vengo a encontrar

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Aligned Translation: Then I come to meet

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Original Lyrics: Con tus ojos me dan algo más

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Aligned Translation: With your eyes they give me something else

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Original Lyrics: Solo tenerte cerca

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Aligned Translation: Just having you around

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Original Lyrics: Siento que vuelvo a empezar

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Aligned Translation: I feel like I'm starting over

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Original Lyrics: Yo te quiero con limón y sal

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Aligned Translation: I love you with lemon and salt

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Original Lyrics: Yo te quiero tal y como estás

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Aligned Translation: I love you the way you are

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Original Lyrics: No hace falta cambiarte nada

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Aligned Translation: No need to change you anything

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Original Lyrics: Yo te quiero si vienes o si vas

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Aligned Translation: I love you if you come or go

Free Translation: I like if you come or go

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Original Lyrics: Si subes, si bajas, si no estás

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Aligned Translation: If you go up, if you go down, if you're not here

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Original Lyrics: Seguro de lo que sientes

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Aligned Translation: Sure what you feel

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Original Lyrics: Yo te quiero con limón y sal

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Aligned Translation: I love you with lemon and salt

Free Translation: I like you with lemon and salt

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Original Lyrics: Yo te quiero tal y como estás

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Aligned Translation: I love you the way you are

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Original Lyrics: No hace falta cambiarte nada

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Aligned Translation: No need to change you anything

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Original Lyrics: Yo te quiero si vienes o si vas

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Aligned Translation: I love you if you come or go

Free Translation: I like if you come or go

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Original Lyrics: Si subes, si bajas, si no estás

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Aligned Translation: If you go up, if you go down, if you're not here

Free Translation: If you go up, if you go down, if you're not here

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Original Lyrics: Seguro de lo que sientes

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Aligned Translation: Sure what you feel

Free Translation: Secure of what you feel

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Original Lyrics: Solo tenerte cerca

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Aligned Translation: Just having you around

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Original Lyrics: Siento que vuelvo a empezar

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Aligned Translation: I feel like I'm starting over

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Review

Limón y sal” translated as “Lemon and salt” is an iconic song for the Mexican singer Julieta Venegas, it was released on May 30, 2006, the album named as the song won the “Best Pop Latin album” Grammy in 2007. Julieta Venegas is a singer whose fame reached even the USA, the song “Limón y Sal” was even edited to reach, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, and Austria.

The song “Limón y sal” has very simple lyrics, most of Julieta Venegas's songs have poetic and romantic lyrics that aren’t very difficult to understand, however, they reach a whole new level in the listener's hearts. 

The song relates us to the story of a lovely Julieta Venegas and her boyfriend who isn’t very romantic has a strange personality and that sometimes does weird things, however, she loves him very much as he has some good points that make her like him every day even more. The most important sentence in the song is the iconic phrase “Limón y sal” – “Lemon and salt” as something that is acid, spicy but has a very satisfactory flavor in the end. 

For learners the song is pretty easy, has simple sentences, has very light lyrics, and is sung at a slow pace, Julieta Venegas modulates her voice pretty well for listeners to understand every word she is singing. “Limón y sal” is perfect for Spanish beginners that are still struggling with certain words or sentences.

If you liked the song and want to know more about Julieta Venegas we recommend you to check on her social media as she is constantly posting on her Instagram. She is one of the most recognized Latin-American singers from the last decade.

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 hard to remember verbs and nouns

Many words used are not in common daily usage.RAE

Limon Y Sal has 111 BPM (beats per minute)

References

RAE Based on a median word frequency of 12585 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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