Deseos de cosas imposibles La Oreja de Van Gogh Translation Meaning and Lyrics
Song Meaning
'Deseos de cosas imposibles' means 'Wishes for impossible things' in English. It is a name of a song by 'La Oreja de Van Gogh' human translated here by a native speaker.
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6.36Igual que el mosquito más tonto de la manada
Original Lyrics:
Igual que el mosquito más tonto de la manada
(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).
transitive to follow
as (in the manner or role specified)
they, them (used subjectively and after prepositions; can refer to men, masculine nouns, groups of people or nouns of mixed gender, and (rarely) groups of neuter nouns).
transitive to follow
the
point (unit of measurement)
an end
1st Person Singular Indicative Present
of the verb seguir
3rd Person Plural Indicative Present
of the verb seguir
I follow you
as
they
follow
the
ending points
8,9
Finales meaning: Finales, translated as "ending"
Aligned Translation: I follow you as the end points follow them
Free Translation: I follow you as the end points follow them
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24.61A todas las frases suicidas que buscan su fin
Original Lyrics:
A todas las frases suicidas que buscan su fin
it, neuter third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used only to refer to facts, sets of things, and indefinite things that have been mentioned before; generally used with prepositions and rarely used as a subject, except in literary style).
to do
a
wrestlinghold (position or grip used to control the opponent)
of (expressing composition, substance)
judo
to
predicative or after the nounmine, my.
{{q|before the noun}} poor (pitiable, pitiful)
anatomyheart (organ of the body)
1st Person Singular Subjunctive Imperfect Ra
of the verb hacer
I would do
a
lock
of
judo
to
my
poor
heart
4,5,6
Llave de Judo meaning: Translated as “Judo lock”
Aligned Translation: I would do a judo lock to my poor heart
Free Translation: I would do a judo lock to my poor heart
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49.47Haciendo que firme llorando esta declaración
Original Lyrics:
Haciendo que firme llorando esta declaración
(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).
to desire, to want, to want to
only, solely, just
1st Person Singular Indicative Future
of the verb querer
In
silence
I will love
only
1,2,3,4,5,6
En silencio te querré tan solo translation and meaning: there is a trick in this sentence, if you translate this part of the lyrics, the result will be something like “In silence I will love you only” or “In silence I will love only you”. “Te querré” is translated as “I will love you” because “Te” means “you” however, the real translation for the full sentences is: “I will love only” see how “you” is not present in the sentence, and the question is, why is “you” missing if it clearly says “Te querré”, well the reason is that the lyric is tricky and it is purposely made like that.
In Spanish saying “Te querré tan solo” is like saying an incomplete sentence for someone, it is implicit that “You will love” that person but it will be not specified until you say “Te querré tan solo a ti” – “I will love only you”.
The song lyrics are done this way to create some suspense, saying the sentences like this “I will love only…” This is a Spanish trick that tends to confuse students and it is something that only people will a lot of practice interacting with Spanish content would know.
Aligned Translation: In silence I will love only
Free Translation: In silence I will only love
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151.17Me callo porque es más cómodo engañarse
Original Lyrics:
Me callo porque es más cómodo engañarse
you, thee (declined form of tú used as the object of a preposition)
1st Person Singular Indicative Future
of the verb pensar
In
silence
I will think
only
in
you
Aligned Translation: In silence I will think only of you
Free Translation: In silence I will think only of you
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Review
La Oreja de Van Gogh Deseos de cosas imposibles lyrics meaning
Deseos de cosas imposibles - “Wishes for impossible things” is a song by the famous Spanish band La Oreja de Van Gogh, the song was released in 2003 and it is among the most popular songs they made in their career alongside “Rosas”
The story contained in Deseos de cosas imposibles is about a romantic tale of a girl who has finished her relationship with her boyfriend, but she still loves him, she can’t say anything because the man is far away from her, and she will probably never see him again. Their rupture doesn’t appear to be related to problems between them but to the fact that he needed to leave and go far away.
The girl tries to shut up her emotions because she wants to hold on to the hope of meeting him again in the future, she says that no matter if she finds someone else, in her heart there will be only space for him.
La Oreja De Van Gogh has the fame for creating songs about love and romantic stories of the past when there wasn’t the technology we have now and smartphones to contact people around the world. In the past, if you met someone in a place far from home and fell in love that relationship will probably be when you needed to return home and never see that person again.
Deseos de cosas imposibles lyrics are a Little complex because they are long and may result difficult to understand and translate, but there aren’t hard words or terms, the singing is a little fast but the voice is clear so it is easy to follow up.
This song is excellent for those who want a challenge and want to test their Spanish knowledge, also it is pretty good because is one of the most recognized Spanish songs of all time.
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Most people find the song lyrics easy to understand lyrics,
lyrics sung very slowly and it has
very hard to remember verbs and nouns
Most words used are in very common daily usage.RAE
Deseos de cosas imposibles has 156 BPM (beats per minute)
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RAE Based on a median word frequency of 27 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)
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