No Estábamos Juntos Mafalda Cardenal Translation Meaning and Lyrics

Song Meaning

'No Estábamos Juntos' means 'We Weren't Official' in English. It is a name of a song by 'Mafalda Cardenal' human translated here by a native speaker.

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Lyrics and Translations

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Line 1
Original Lyrics: chica conoce chico

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Aligned Translation: girl meets guy

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Line 2
Original Lyrics: y parece que va bien

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Aligned Translation: and it seems to be going well

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Original Lyrics: chico le jura a chica

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Aligned Translation: guy swears to girl

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Original Lyrics: hasta la torre eiffel

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Aligned Translation: even the Eiffel Tower

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Line 5
Original Lyrics: chica esta enamorada

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Aligned Translation: girl is in love

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Original Lyrics: chica no se lo cree

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Aligned Translation: girl doesn't believe it

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Original Lyrics: le dicen sus amigas: no te fies de el

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Aligned Translation: her friends tell her: don't trust him

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Original Lyrics: chica lo ignora todo

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Aligned Translation: girl ignores everything

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Original Lyrics: porque quiere creer

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Aligned Translation: because she wants to believe

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Line 10
Original Lyrics: que los cuentos de hadas

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Aligned Translation: that the fairy tales

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Line 11
Original Lyrics: hablan de ella y de él

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Aligned Translation: talk about her and him

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Original Lyrics: chico no es ningun santo

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Aligned Translation: guy ain't no saint

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Original Lyrics: chico lo pasa bien

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Aligned Translation: guy is having a good time

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Original Lyrics: chico la llama solo, mas tarde de las 10

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Aligned Translation: guy calls her alone, later than 10

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Original Lyrics: chica le escribe para saber lo que hace

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Aligned Translation: girl writes to him to find out what he does

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Original Lyrics: chico le dice que no habia visto el mensaje

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Aligned Translation: guy tells her that he hadn't seen the message

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Original Lyrics: chica le cree

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Aligned Translation: girl believes him

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Original Lyrics: chico lo sabe

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Aligned Translation: guy knows it

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Original Lyrics: por eso miente cada vez

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Aligned Translation: that's why he lies every time

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Original Lyrics: cuentan los cuentos que cuando no estás

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Aligned Translation: stories tell that when you're gone

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Original Lyrics: se equivoca y le besa en la boca a alguien mas

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Aligned Translation: he mistakes and kisses someone else on the mouth

Free Translation: He slips up, tastes another’s lips

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Original Lyrics: y luego vuelve, a decirte lo de siempre

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Aligned Translation: and then he comes to tell you the usual

Free Translation: and then he comes back, to tell you the usual

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Original Lyrics: NO ESTABAMOS JUNTOS NO TODO ES LO QUE PARECE

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Aligned Translation: WE WEREN'T OFFICIAL, NOT EVERYTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS

Free Translation: WE WEREN'T OFFICIAL, NOT EVERYTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS

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Original Lyrics: cuentan los cuentos que cuando te vas

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Aligned Translation: stories tell that when you leave

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Original Lyrics: se enamora de quien le haga caso en el bar

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Aligned Translation: he falls in love with whoever listens to him at the bar

Free Translation: he falls in love with whoever listens to her at the bar

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Original Lyrics: y luego vuelve, a decirte como siempre

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Aligned Translation: and then comes to tell you as always

Free Translation: and then come back, to tell you as always

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Original Lyrics: NO ESTABAMOS JUNTOS NO TODO ES LO QUE PARECE

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Aligned Translation: WE WEREN'T OFFICIAL, NOT EVERYTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS

Free Translation: WE WEREN'T OFFICIAL, NOT EVERYTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS

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Original Lyrics: chica está decidida

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Aligned Translation: girl is determined

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Original Lyrics: chica le va a dejar

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Aligned Translation: girl is going to leave him

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Original Lyrics: le dice a mediodía

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Aligned Translation: she tells him at noon

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Original Lyrics: “hoy tenemos que hablar”

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Aligned Translation: we have to talk

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Original Lyrics: chico le dice “vale”

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Aligned Translation: guy says

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Original Lyrics: y empieza a maquinar

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Aligned Translation: and starts to machine

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Original Lyrics: la próxima mentira

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Aligned Translation: the next lie

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Original Lyrics: que ella se va a tragar

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Aligned Translation: that she is going to swallow

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Original Lyrics: chica confía en chico

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Aligned Translation: girl trusts guy

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Original Lyrics: chica se cree que es fiel

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Aligned Translation: girl thinks that he is faithful

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Original Lyrics: como un niño pequeño

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Aligned Translation: like a little boy

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Original Lyrics: que cree en papá noel

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Aligned Translation: who believes in Santa Claus

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Original Lyrics: les cuenta a sus amigas

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Aligned Translation: she tells to her friends

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Original Lyrics: tan solo la mitad

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Aligned Translation: only half

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Original Lyrics: porque le da vergüenza

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Aligned Translation: because she's embarrassed

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Original Lyrics: contarles la verdad (toda la verdad)

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Aligned Translation: tell them the truth (all the truth)

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Original Lyrics: y se convence de que sabe lo que hace

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Aligned Translation: and she convinces herself that she knows what she's doing

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Original Lyrics: y en realidad no sabe ni con quien está

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Aligned Translation: and she really doesn't even know who she's with

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Original Lyrics: chica no puede

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Aligned Translation: girl can't

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Original Lyrics: no puede más

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Aligned Translation: can't anymore

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Original Lyrics: se ha dado cuenta de quién es en realidad

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Aligned Translation: she has realized who he really is

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Original Lyrics: cuentan los cuentos que cuando no estás

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Aligned Translation: stories tell that when you're gone

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Original Lyrics: se equivoca y le besa en la boca a alguien mas

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Aligned Translation: he mistakes and kisses someone else on the mouth

Free Translation: He slips up, tastes another’s lips

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Original Lyrics: y luego vuelve, a decirte lo de siempre

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Aligned Translation: and then he comes to tell you the usual

Free Translation: and then he comes back, to tell you the usual

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Original Lyrics: NO ESTABAMOS JUNTOS NO TODO ES LO QUE PARECE

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Aligned Translation: WE WEREN'T OFFICIAL, NOT EVERYTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS

Free Translation: WE WEREN'T OFFICIAL, NOT EVERYTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS

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Original Lyrics: cuentan los cuentos que cuando te vas

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Aligned Translation: stories tell that when you leave

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Original Lyrics: se enamora de quien le haga caso en el bar

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Aligned Translation: he falls in love with whoever listens to him at the bar

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Original Lyrics: y luego vuelve, a decirte como siempre

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Aligned Translation: and then comes to tell you as always

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Original Lyrics: NO ESTABAMOS JUNTOS NO TODO ES LO QUE PARECE

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Aligned Translation: WE WEREN'T OFFICIAL, NOT EVERYTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS

Free Translation: WE WEREN'T OFFICIAL, NOT EVERYTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS

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Original Lyrics: y te vera una noche, y te dira “que guapa”

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Aligned Translation: and he'll see you one night, and he'll say you

Free Translation: and he'll see you one night, and he'll say "you fine”

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Original Lyrics: cuanto ha pasado chica quieres una copa?

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Aligned Translation: how long has it been girl do you want a drink?

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Original Lyrics: y tu contestarás, que mono, de verdad?

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Aligned Translation: and you will answer: really cute

Free Translation: and you’ll shut it down: ‘cute, real cute'

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Original Lyrics: no puedo, que pena, vete a engañar a otra

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Aligned Translation: I can't, too bad, go and cheat on someone else

Free Translation: I can't, too bad, go cheat on someone else

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Original Lyrics: y pasarán los días, y tendra nueva novia

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Aligned Translation: and the days will pass, and he'll have a new girlfriend

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Original Lyrics: y te dirá nanannanananna

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Aligned Translation: and he'll tell you nah!

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Original Lyrics: y tu contestaras, no escucho, grita más

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Aligned Translation: and you will answer, I don't hear you, shout louder

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Original Lyrics: vete a contarle historias a otra de tu edad

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Aligned Translation: go tell stories to someone else your age

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Original Lyrics: cuentan los cuentos que cuando no estás

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Aligned Translation: stories tell that when you're gone

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Original Lyrics: se equivoca y le besa en la boca a alguien mas

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Aligned Translation: he mistakes and kisses someone else on the mouth

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Original Lyrics: y luego vuelve, a decirte lo de siempre

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Aligned Translation: and then he comes to tell you the usual

Free Translation: and then he comes back, to tell you the usual

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Original Lyrics: NO ESTABAMOS JUNTOS NO TODO ES LO QUE PARECE

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Aligned Translation: WE WEREN'T OFFICIAL, NOT EVERYTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS

Free Translation: WE WEREN'T OFFICIAL, NOT EVERYTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS

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Original Lyrics: cuentan los cuentos que ahora va a ese bar

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Aligned Translation: stories tell that now he goes to that bar

Free Translation: stories tell now he haunts that bar

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Original Lyrics: intentando encontrar a su chica ideal

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Aligned Translation: trying to find his ideal girl

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Original Lyrics: y solo encuentra su botella de ginebra

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Aligned Translation: and he just finds his bottle of gin

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Original Lyrics: porque no estaban juntos y ahora otro la tiene a ella

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Aligned Translation: because they weren't official and now someone else has her

Free Translation: because they weren't official and now some new dude’s got his ex

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Review

The lyrics depict an on-again-off-again relationship where the partner habitually returns with empty reassurances ("no estábamos juntos, no todo es lo que parece"), while gossip suggests they pursue new flings at bars during separations. It portrays emotional manipulation through cyclical disconnection and gaslighting.  

Cardenal's raw, conversational delivery over acoustic guitar creates intimate vulnerability, contrasting bitter irony with weary resignation. The storytelling unfolds in taverns and late-night spaces where rumors ("cuentan los cuentos") expose the partner's hypocrisy, using bar encounters as proof of emotional unavailability.  

No explicit language appears, but the song addresses mature themes of emotional infidelity and psychological games. The tone leans melancholic with undertones of disillusionment, framing the situationship as exhausting rather than overtly tragic.  

The music Youtube video for No Estábamos Juntos by Mafalda Cardenal unfolds in a cozy countryside house and lush gardens, where every frame mirrors the song’s themes of disillusionment and self-reliance. Dressed in white (symbolizing fractured innocence), Mafalda sits beneath a tree writing in her diary—a nod to the lyric "cuentan los cuentos" ("stories get told"). As a suitor arrives with flowers, her avoidance speaks volumes: she turns away while folding laundry, scowls at his knock, and later plucks petals from a daisy (visualizing the line "no todo es lo que parece"). The relationship’s collapse peaks when he angrily hurls the bouquet at her door—metaphor for rejected excuses ("luego vuelve a decirte lo de siempre"). In the finale, Mafalda dances solo on the rooftop, reclaiming agency as the garden’s vibrant greens frame her liberation. Even her swing swaying empty echoes the chorus’s truth: some love stories only exist in one partner’s imagination.

 

Related links:  

Genius Lyrics: https://genius.com/Mafalda-cardenal-no-estabamos-juntos-lyrics    

Mafalda Cardenal’s official platforms:  

Instagram: https://instagram.com/mafaldacardenal

YouTube: https://youtube.com/@mafaldacardenal

Submitted by user: ANAJOSE

Average Ratings

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

Most words used are in common daily usage.RAE

No Estábamos Juntos has 140 BPM (beats per minute)

No Estábamos Juntos is suitable for DELE Level students in terms of language complexity.

References

RAE Based on a median word frequency of 1157 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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