No Me Doy Por Vencido Luis Fonsi Translation Meaning and Lyrics

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Song Meaning

'No Me Doy Por Vencido' means 'I Don't Give Up' in English. It is a name of a song by 'Luis Fonsi' human translated here by a native speaker.

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Lyrics and Translations

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Line 1
Original Lyrics: Me quedo callado

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Aligned Translation: I'm staying quiet

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Line 2
Original Lyrics: Soy como un niño dormido

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Aligned Translation: I'm like a sleeping child

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Line 3
Original Lyrics: Que puede despertarse con apenas solo un ruido

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Aligned Translation: Who can wake up with just a noise

Free Translation: Who can wake up with a single noise

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Line 4
Original Lyrics: Cuando menos te lo esperas

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Aligned Translation: When you least expect it

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Line 5
Original Lyrics: Cuando menos lo imagino

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Aligned Translation: When I least imagine it

Free Translation: When I least imagine it

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Line 6
Original Lyrics: Sé que un día no me aguanto y voy y te miro

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Aligned Translation: I know one day I can't stand it and I go and look at you

Free Translation: I know one day I can't stand it and I go and look at you

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Line 7
Original Lyrics: Y te lo digo a los gritos

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Aligned Translation: And I tell you to the screams

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Original Lyrics: Y te ríes y me tomas por un loco atrevido

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Aligned Translation: And you laugh and you take me for a daring crazy

Free Translation: And you laugh and you take me for a funny madman

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Line 9
Original Lyrics: Pues no sabes cuánto tiempo en mis sueños has vivido

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Aligned Translation: Well you don't know how long in my dreams you've lived

Free Translation: Because you don't know how long in my dreams you've lived

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Line 10
Original Lyrics: Ni sospechas cuando te nombré

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Aligned Translation: You don't suspect when I named you

Free Translation: Nor suspect when I named you

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Original Lyrics: Yo, yo no me doy por vencido

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Aligned Translation: I, I don't give up

Free Translation: I, I don't give up

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Line 12
Original Lyrics: Yo quiero un mundo contigo

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Aligned Translation: I want a world with you

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Line 13
Original Lyrics: Juro que vale la pena esperar, y esperar y esperar un suspiro

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Aligned Translation: I swear it's worth waiting, and waiting and waiting for a sigh

Free Translation: I swear it's worth waiting, and waiting and waiting for a sigh

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Original Lyrics: Una señal del destino

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Aligned Translation: A sign of destiny

Free Translation: A destiny sign’s

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Original Lyrics: No me canso, no me rindo, no me doy por vencido

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Aligned Translation: I don't get tired, I don't give up, I don't surrender

Free Translation: I don't get tired, I don't give up, I don't surrender

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Original Lyrics: Tengo una flor de bolsillo

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Aligned Translation: I have a pocket flower

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Original Lyrics: Marchita de buscar a una mujer que me quiera

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Aligned Translation: Withered from looking for a woman who loves me

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Original Lyrics: Y reciba su perfume hasta traer la primavera

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Aligned Translation: And receive its perfume until it brings the spring

Free Translation: And receive its perfume until it brings the spring

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Original Lyrics: Y me enseñe lo que no aprendí­ de la vida

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Aligned Translation: And teach me what I didn't learn from life

Free Translation: And teach me what I didn't learn from life

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Original Lyrics: Que brilla más cada día

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Aligned Translation: That shines brighter every day

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Line 21
Original Lyrics: Porque estoy tan sólo a un paso de ganarme la alegría

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Aligned Translation: Because I'm just one step away from earning the joy

Free Translation: Because I'm just one step away from earning the joy

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Original Lyrics: Porque el corazón levanta una tormenta enfurecida

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Aligned Translation: Because the heart raises an angry storm

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Original Lyrics: Desde aquel momento en que te vi

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Aligned Translation: From the moment I saw you

Free Translation: Since that moment I saw you

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Original Lyrics: Yo, yo no me doy por vencido

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Aligned Translation: I, I don't give up

Free Translation: I, I don't give up

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Original Lyrics: Yo quiero un mundo contigo

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Aligned Translation: I want a world with you

Free Translation: I want a world with you

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Original Lyrics: Juro que vale la pena esperar, y esperar y esperar un suspiro

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Aligned Translation: I swear it's worth waiting, and waiting and waiting for a sigh

Free Translation: I swear it's worth waiting, and waiting and waiting for a sigh

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Original Lyrics: Una señal del destino

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Aligned Translation: A sign of destiny

Free Translation: A destiny sign’s

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Original Lyrics: No me canso, no me rindo, no me doy por vencido

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Aligned Translation: I don't get tired, I don't give up, I don't surrender

Free Translation: I don't get tired, I don't give up, I don't surrender

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Original Lyrics: Este silencio esconde demasiadas palabras

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Aligned Translation: This silence hides too many words

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Original Lyrics: No me detengo, pase lo que pase seguiré

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Aligned Translation: I don't stop no matter what happens I will continue

Free Translation: I don't stop no matter what happens I will keep going

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Original Lyrics: Yo, yo no me doy por vencido

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Aligned Translation: I, I don't give up

Free Translation: I, I don't give up

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Original Lyrics: Yo quiero un mundo contigo

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Aligned Translation: I want a world with you

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Original Lyrics: Juro que vale la pena esperar, y esperar y esperar un suspiro

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Aligned Translation: I swear it's worth waiting, and waiting and waiting for a sigh

Free Translation: I swear it's worth waiting, and waiting and waiting for a sigh

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Original Lyrics: Una señal del destino

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Aligned Translation: A sign of destiny

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Original Lyrics: No me canso, no me rindo, no me doy por vencido

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Aligned Translation: I don't get tired, I don't give up, I don't surrender

Free Translation: I don't get tired, I don't give up, I don't surrender

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Original Lyrics: juro que vale la pena esperar, y esperar y esperar un suspiro

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Aligned Translation: I swear it's worth waiting, and waiting and waiting for a sigh

Free Translation: I swear it's worth waiting, and waiting and waiting for a sigh

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Original Lyrics: Una señal del destino

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Aligned Translation: A sign of destiny

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Original Lyrics: No me canso, no me rindo

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Aligned Translation: I don't get tired, I don't give up

Free Translation: I don't get tired, I don't give up

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Original Lyrics: no me doy por vencido, oh oh

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Aligned Translation: I don't give up, oh oh

Free Translation: I don't give up, oh oh

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Review

No Me Doy por Vencido” is a wonderful song by the Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi. It was released on 5 June 2008 and is one of his biggest hits alongside “Despacito”. The song isn’t really complicated and it doesn’t have too many lyrics but the song has a powerful message about not giving up and never surrendering fighting for your dreams or what you want to accomplish.

The song and the video clip tell us three different stories, one about a boy in love with a neighborhood girl. The second story is about a man who has his wife in the hospital, and the third one is about a little boy whose dream is to finally play football whit his team since he is always sitting on the bench. 

As the song progresses and lyrics encourage us to not surrender and never get tired of what we are doing, the clip shows us how the boy in love with the girl takes the courage to finally tell her what he feels. The man waiting for his wife in the hospital, after many hours stressed, he finally sees her getting out safe and well, the little boy finally receives his chance to play and after making some mistakes he does a goal by himself and everyone congratulates him. At the end of the video, we see the boy confessing his love and the girl feeling the same for him.

Now, if you are a Spanish learner, this song is pretty good for practicing as the lyrics aren’t complicated, is sung slow and Luis Fonsi's voice is very clear every moment. There are no difficult verbs or complex sentences, it is not a song to make you think too much, and you wouldn’t have difficulty trying to identify what a word means as every one of them are easy to translate. 

If you liked “No Me Doy por Vencido” by Luis Fonsi we recommend you to check his other great success, the most viewed song on YouTube, “Despacito

Submitted by user: ANITA

Average Ratings

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

Many words used are not in common daily usage.RAE

No Me Doy Por Vencido has 115 BPM (beats per minute)

References

RAE Based on a median word frequency of 10696 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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