El Problema Ricardo Arjona Translation Meaning and Lyrics

Song Meaning

'El Problema' means 'The Problem' in English. It is a name of a song by 'Ricardo Arjona' human translated here by a native speaker.

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Original Lyrics: El problema no fue hallarte

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Determiner	Noun	Adverb	Verb	Verb	Pronoun
el	problema	no	fue	hallar	tú
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	not	to be (essentially or identified as).	to find	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).
			3rd Person Singular Indicative Preterite of the verb ser	Infinitive
The	problem		was not	finding	you

Aligned Translation: The problem wasn't finding you

Free Translation: The problem wasn't finding you

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Original Lyrics: El problema es olvidarte

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Determiner	Noun	Verb	Verb	Pronoun
el	problema	es	olvidar	tú
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	to be (essentially or identified as).	to forget; to elude, escape (be forgotten by)	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).
		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser	Infinitive
The	problem	is	forget	you

Aligned Translation: The problem is forgetting you

Free Translation: The problem is to forget you

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Original Lyrics: El problema no es tu ausencia

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Determiner	Noun	Adverb	Verb	Adjective	Noun
el	problema	no	es	tuyo	ausencia
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	not	to be (essentially or identified as).	yours, your	absence
			3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser
The	problem		is not	your	absence

Aligned Translation: The problem is not your absence

Free Translation: The problem isn't your absence

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Original Lyrics: El problema es que te espero

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Determiner	Noun	Verb	Conjunction	Pronoun	Verb
el	problema	es	que	tú	espero
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).	transitive to wait to, wait for, await
		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser			1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb esperar
The	problem	is	that		I wait for you

Aligned Translation: The problem is that I'm waiting for you

Free Translation: The problem is that I wait for you

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Original Lyrics: El problema no es problema

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Determiner	Noun	Adverb	Verb	Noun
el	problema	no	es	problema
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	not	to be (essentially or identified as).	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)
			3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser
The	problem		is not	problem

Aligned Translation: The problem is not a problem

Free Translation: The problem isn't problem

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Original Lyrics: El problema es que me duele

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Determiner	Noun	Verb	Conjunction	Pronoun	Verb
el	problema	es	que	mí	duele
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	me; (declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition)	transitive to hurt; to ache
		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser			3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb doler
The	problem	is			that it hurts me

Aligned Translation: The problem is that it hurts me

Free Translation: The problem is that it hurts me

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Original Lyrics: El problema no es que mientas

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Determiner	Noun	Adverb	Verb	Conjunction	Verb
el	problema	no	es	que	mientas
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	not	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	to lie (say something untrue)
			3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser		2nd Person Singular Subjunctive Present Tuteo of the verb mentir
The	problem		is not	that	you lie

Aligned Translation: The problem is not that you lie

Free Translation: the problem isn't that you lie

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Original Lyrics: El problema es que te creo

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Determiner	Noun	Verb	Conjunction	Pronoun	Verb
el	problema	es	que	tú	creo
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).	transitive to believe
		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser			1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb creer
The	problem	is	that		I believe you

Aligned Translation: The problem is that I believe you

Free Translation: The problem is that I believe you

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Original Lyrics: El problema no es que juegues

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Determiner	Noun	Adverb	Verb	Conjunction	Verb
el	problema	no	es	que	juegues
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	not	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	to play
			3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser		2nd Person Singular Subjunctive Present Tuteo of the verb jugar
The	problem		is not	that	you play

Aligned Translation: The problem is not that you play

Free Translation: The problem isn't you play

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Original Lyrics: El problema es que es conmigo

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Determiner	Noun	Verb	Conjunction	Verb	Preposition	Pronoun
el	problema	es	que	es	con	mí
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	to be (essentially or identified as).	with	me; (declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition)
		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser
The	problem	is	that	it is	with	me

Aligned Translation: The problem is that it's with me

Free Translation: The problem is that it is with me

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Original Lyrics: Si me gustaste por ser libre

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Conjunction	Pronoun	Verb	Preposition	Verb	Adjective
si	yo	gustaste	por	ser	libre
if	(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	intransitive (followed by 'a' or preceded by an indirect object) to be pleasing to (usually translated into English as 'like' with exchange of the subject and object)	due to, because of, for, for the sake of, out of (to express cause or motive)	to be (essentially or identified as).	free (not imprisoned or enslaved)
		2nd Person Singular Indicative Preterite of the verb gustar		Infinitive
If	I	liked you	for	being	free

Aligned Translation: If I liked you for being free

Free Translation: If I like you for being free

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Original Lyrics: ¿Quién soy yo para cambiarte?

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Pronoun	Verb	Preposition	Verb	Pronoun
quién	soy	para	cambiar	tú
who?, whom?; (with “de”) whose?	to be (essentially or identified as).	to, in order to, so, for (expressing the intended purpose of an action)	transitive:intransitive to change, to shift, to switch, to alter	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).
	1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser		Infinitive
Who	am I	to	change	you	?

Aligned Translation: Who am I to change you?

Free Translation: Who am I to change you?

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Original Lyrics: Si me quedé queriendo solo

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Conjunction	Pronoun	Verb	Verb	Adjective
si	yo	quedé	queriendo	solo
if	(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	intransitive to be left; to remain	to love; to be fond of	alone, by oneself
		1st Person Singular Indicative Preterite of the verb quedar	Simple Gerund of the verb querer
If	I	was left	loving	alone

Aligned Translation: If I was left loving alone

Free Translation: As I was left loving alone

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Original Lyrics: ¿Cómo hacer para obligarte?

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Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Verb	Pronoun
cómo	hacer	para	obligar	tú
interrogative how?	to do	to, in order to, so, for (expressing the intended purpose of an action)	to force, to compel, to make (someone do something)	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).
	Infinitive		Infinitive
How	to do	to	force	you	?

Aligned Translation: How can I force you to do it?

Free Translation: How can I obligate you?

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Original Lyrics: El problema no es quererte

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Determiner	Noun	Adverb	Verb	Verb	Pronoun
el	problema	no	es	querer	tú
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	not	to be (essentially or identified as).	to love; to be fond of	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).
			3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser	Infinitive
The	problem		is not	loving	you

Aligned Translation: The problem is not loving you

Free Translation: The problem isn't loving you

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Original Lyrics: Es que tú no sientas lo mismo

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Verb	Conjunction	Pronoun	Adverb	Verb	Determiner	Adjective
es	que	tú	no	sientas	lo	mismo
to be (essentially or identified as).	that	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).	not	transitive to feel	(neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives); the	same; identical; one and the same; (indicates that the two compared noun clauses both represent the one thing)
3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser				2nd Person Singular Imperative Negative of the verb sentir
Is	that	you		do not feel	the	same

Aligned Translation: Is that you don't feel the same

Free Translation: Is that you don't feel the same

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Original Lyrics: ¿Y cómo deshacerme de ti si no te tengo?

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Conjunction	Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Pronoun	Conjunction	Adverb	Pronoun	Verb
y	cómo	deshacer	de	ti	si	no	tú	tengo
and	interrogative how?	reflexive to get rid of, to ditch, to dispose of, to dump (deshacerse de alguien o algo)	of, from (indicating cause)	you, thee (declined form of tú used as the object of a preposition)	if	not	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).	transitive to have, possess (literally)
		Infinitive						1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb tener
And	how	to get rid	of	you	if			I do not have you	?

Aligned Translation: How to get rid of you if I don't have you?

Free Translation: How to get rid of you if I don't have you?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Cómo alejarme de ti si estás tan lejos?

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Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Pronoun	Conjunction	Verb	Adverb	Adverb
cómo	alejar	de	ti	si	estás	tan	lejos
interrogative how?	to remove to a distance, put farther away, to lead away, to draw away	from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)	you, thee (declined form of tú used as the object of a preposition)	if	to be (have a (transient) location in space). Compare ser, quedar.	so, as	far
	Infinitive				2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb estar
How	to get away	from	you	if	you are	so	far	?

Aligned Translation: How can I get away from you if you are so far?

Free Translation: How to stay away from you when you are so far away?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Cómo encontrarle una pestaña a lo que nunca tuvo ojos?

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Adverb	Verb	Determiner	Noun	Preposition	Adjective	Adverb	Verb	Noun
cómo	encontrar	un	pestaña	a	qué	nunca	tuvo	ojo
interrogative how?	transitive to find, encounter, come across	a	anatomy eyelash	to	what; which	never	transitive to have, possess (literally)	eye
	Infinitive						3rd Person Singular Indicative Preterite of the verb tener
How	to find	an	eyelash	to	what	never	had	eyes	?

Aligned Translation: How to find an eyelash on what never had eyes?

Free Translation: How to find an eyelash on what never had eyes?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Cómo encontrarle plataformas a lo que siempre fue un barranco?

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Adverb	Verb	Noun	Preposition	Adjective	Adverb	Verb	Determiner	Noun
cómo	encontrar	plataforma	a	qué	siempre	fue	un	barranco
interrogative how?	transitive to find, encounter, come across	platform (a raised stage used for speeches and performances)	to	what; which (interrogative only)	always	to be (essentially or identified as).	a	gully, gulch, ravine, barranca
	Infinitive					3rd Person Singular Indicative Preterite of the verb ser
How	to find	platforms	to	what	always	was	a	ravine	?

Aligned Translation: How to find platforms to what was always a ravine?

Free Translation: How to find platforms for what was always a ravine?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Cómo encontrar en la alacena los besos que no me diste?

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Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Determiner	Noun	Determiner	Noun	Conjunction	Adverb	Pronoun	Verb
cómo	encontrar	en	la	alacena	los	beso	que	no	mí	diste
interrogative how?	transitive to find, encounter, come across	in, at, on	the	Mexico pantry, larder	the	kiss	that	not	me; (declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition)	transitive to give, to give out
	Infinitive									2nd Person Singular Indicative Preterite of the verb dar
How	to find	in	the	pantry	the	kisses	that			you did not give me	?

Aligned Translation: How to find in the cupboard the kisses you didn't give me?

Free Translation: How to find in the pantry the kisses you didn't give me?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Y cómo deshacerme de ti si no te tengo?

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Conjunction	Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Pronoun	Conjunction	Adverb	Pronoun	Verb
y	cómo	deshacer	de	ti	si	no	tú	tengo
and	interrogative how?	reflexive to get rid of, to ditch, to dispose of, to dump (deshacerse de alguien o algo)	of, from (indicating cause)	you, thee (declined form of tú used as the object of a preposition)	if	not	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).	transitive to have, possess (literally)
		Infinitive						1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb tener
And	how	to get rid	of	you	if			I do not have you	?

Aligned Translation: How to get rid of you if I don't have you?

Free Translation: How to get rid of you if I don't have you?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Cómo alejarme de ti si estás tan lejos?

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Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Pronoun	Conjunction	Verb	Adverb	Adverb
cómo	alejar	de	ti	si	estás	tan	lejos
interrogative how?	to remove to a distance, put farther away, to lead away, to draw away	from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)	you, thee (declined form of tú used as the object of a preposition)	if	to be (have a (transient) location in space). Compare ser, quedar.	so, as	far
	Infinitive				2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb estar
How	to get away	from	you	if	you are	so	far	?

Aligned Translation: How can I get away from you if you are so far?

Free Translation: How to stay away from you when you are so far away?

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Original Lyrics: Y es que el problema no es cambiarte

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Conjunction	Verb	Conjunction	Determiner	Noun	Adverb	Verb	Verb	Pronoun
y	es	que	el	problema	no	es	cambiar	tú
and	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	not	to be (essentially or identified as).	transitive:intransitive to change, to shift, to switch, to alter	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).
	3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser					3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser	Infinitive
And	it is	that	the	problem		is not	to change	you

Aligned Translation: And it is that the problem is not to change you

Free Translation: And the problem isn't to change you

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Original Lyrics: El problema es que no quiero

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Determiner	Noun	Verb	Conjunction	Adverb	Verb
el	problema	es	que	no	quiero
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	not	to desire, to want, to want to
		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser			1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb querer
The	problem	is	that		I do not want

Aligned Translation: The problem is that I don't want

Free Translation: The problem is that I don't want

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Original Lyrics: El problema no es que duela

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Determiner	Noun	Adverb	Verb	Conjunction	Verb
el	problema	no	es	que	duela
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	not	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	transitive to hurt; to ache
			3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser		3rd Person Singular Imperative Affirmative of the verb doler
The	problem		is not	that	it hurts

Aligned Translation: The problem is not that it hurts

Free Translation: The problem isn't that it hurts

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Original Lyrics: El problema es que me gusta

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Determiner	Noun	Verb	Conjunction	Pronoun	Verb
el	problema	es	que	yo	gusta
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	(First-person singular pronoun in the nominative case); I.	intransitive (followed by 'a' or preceded by an indirect object) to be pleasing to (usually translated into English as 'like' with exchange of the subject and object)
		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser			3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb gustar
The	problem	is	that	I	like it

Aligned Translation: The problem is that I like it

Free Translation: The problem is I like it

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Original Lyrics: El problema no es el daño

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Determiner	Noun	Adverb	Verb	Determiner	Noun
el	problema	no	es	el	daño
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	not	to be (essentially or identified as).	Masculine singular definite article; the.	damage
			3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser
The	problem		is not	the	damage

Aligned Translation: The problem is not the damage

Free Translation: The problem isn't the damage

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Original Lyrics: El problema son las huellas

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Determiner	Noun	Verb	Determiner	Noun
el	problema	son	las	huella
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	to be (essentially or identified as).	the	footprint (impression of the foot in a soft substance)
		3rd Person Plural Indicative Present of the verb ser
The	problem	is	the	footprint

Aligned Translation: The problem is the footprints

Free Translation: The problem is the marks

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Original Lyrics: El problema no es lo que haces

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Determiner	Noun	Adverb	Verb	Adjective	Verb
el	problema	no	es	qué	haces
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	not	to be (essentially or identified as).	what; which	to do
			3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser		2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb hacer
The	problem		is not	what	you do

Aligned Translation: The problem is not what you do

Free Translation: The problem isn't what you do

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Original Lyrics: El problema es que lo olvido

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Determiner	Noun	Verb	Conjunction	Pronoun	Verb
el	problema	es	que	él	olvido
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	it, masculine non-personal third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions to refer to masculine nouns)	to forget; to elude, escape (be forgotten by)
		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser			1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb olvidar
The	problem	is	that		I forget it

Aligned Translation: The problem is that I forget

Free Translation: The problem is that I forget it

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Original Lyrics: El problema no es que digas

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Determiner	Noun	Adverb	Verb	Conjunction	Verb
el	problema	no	es	que	digas
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	not	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	to say, to tell
			3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser		2nd Person Singular Subjunctive Present Tuteo of the verb decir
The	problem		is not	that	you say

Aligned Translation: The problem is not that you say

Free Translation: The problem isn't waht you say

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Original Lyrics: El problema es lo que callas

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Determiner	Noun	Verb	Adjective	Verb
el	problema	es	qué	callas
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	to be (essentially or identified as).	what; which	to be silent, to shut up
		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser		2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb callar
The	problem	is	what	you shut up

Aligned Translation: The problem is what you keep quiet

Free Translation: The problem is what you don't

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Original Lyrics: ¿Y cómo deshacerme de ti si no te tengo?

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Conjunction	Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Pronoun	Conjunction	Adverb	Pronoun	Verb
y	cómo	deshacer	de	ti	si	no	tú	tengo
and	interrogative how?	reflexive to get rid of, to ditch, to dispose of, to dump (deshacerse de alguien o algo)	of, from (indicating cause)	you, thee (declined form of tú used as the object of a preposition)	if	not	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).	transitive to have, possess (literally)
		Infinitive						1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb tener
And	how	to get rid	of	you	if			I do not have you	?

Aligned Translation: How to get rid of you if I don't have you?

Free Translation: How to get rid of you if I don't have you?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Cómo alejarme de ti si estás tan lejos?

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Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Pronoun	Conjunction	Verb	Adverb	Adverb
cómo	alejar	de	ti	si	estás	tan	lejos
interrogative how?	to remove to a distance, put farther away, to lead away, to draw away	from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)	you, thee (declined form of tú used as the object of a preposition)	if	to be (have a (transient) location in space). Compare ser, quedar.	so, as	far
	Infinitive				2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb estar
How	to get away	from	you	if	you are	so	far	?

Aligned Translation: How can I get away from you if you are so far?

Free Translation: How to stay away from you when you are so far away?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Cómo encontrarle una pestaña a lo que nunca tuvo ojos?

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Adverb	Verb	Determiner	Noun	Preposition	Adjective	Adverb	Verb	Noun
cómo	encontrar	un	pestaña	a	qué	nunca	tuvo	ojo
interrogative how?	transitive to find, encounter, come across	a	anatomy eyelash	to	what; which	never	transitive to have, possess (literally)	eye
	Infinitive						3rd Person Singular Indicative Preterite of the verb tener
How	to find	an	eyelash	to	what	never	had	eyes	?

Aligned Translation: How to find an eyelash on what never had eyes?

Free Translation: How to find an eyelash on what never had eyes?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Cómo encontrarle plataformas a lo que siempre fue un barranco?

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Adverb	Verb	Noun	Preposition	Adjective	Adverb	Verb	Determiner	Noun
cómo	encontrar	plataforma	a	qué	siempre	fue	un	barranco
interrogative how?	transitive to find, encounter, come across	platform (a raised stage used for speeches and performances)	to	what; which (interrogative only)	always	to be (essentially or identified as).	a	gully, gulch, ravine, barranca
	Infinitive					3rd Person Singular Indicative Preterite of the verb ser
How	to find	platforms	to	what	always	was	a	ravine	?

Aligned Translation: How to find platforms to what was always a ravine?

Free Translation: How to find platforms for what was always a ravine?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Cómo encontrar en la alacena los besos que no me diste?

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Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Determiner	Noun	Determiner	Noun	Conjunction	Adverb	Pronoun	Verb
cómo	encontrar	en	la	alacena	los	beso	que	no	mí	diste
interrogative how?	transitive to find, encounter, come across	in, at, on	the	Mexico pantry, larder	the	kiss	that	not	me; (declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition)	transitive to give, to give out
	Infinitive									2nd Person Singular Indicative Preterite of the verb dar
How	to find	in	the	pantry	the	kisses	that			you did not give me	?

Aligned Translation: How to find in the cupboard the kisses you didn't give me?

Free Translation: How to find in the pantry the kisses you didn't give me?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Y cómo deshacerme de ti si no te tengo?

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Conjunction	Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Pronoun	Conjunction	Adverb	Pronoun	Verb
y	cómo	deshacer	de	ti	si	no	tú	tengo
and	interrogative how?	reflexive to get rid of, to ditch, to dispose of, to dump (deshacerse de alguien o algo)	of, from (indicating cause)	you, thee (declined form of tú used as the object of a preposition)	if	not	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).	transitive to have, possess (literally)
		Infinitive						1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb tener
And	how	to get rid	of	you	if			I do not have you	?

Aligned Translation: How to get rid of you if I don't have you?

Free Translation: How to get rid of you if I don't have you?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Cómo alejarme de ti si estás tan lejos?

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Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Pronoun	Conjunction	Verb	Adverb	Adverb
cómo	alejar	de	ti	si	estás	tan	lejos
interrogative how?	to remove to a distance, put farther away, to lead away, to draw away	from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)	you, thee (declined form of tú used as the object of a preposition)	if	to be (have a (transient) location in space). Compare ser, quedar.	so, as	far
	Infinitive				2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb estar
How	to get away	from	you	if	you are	so	far	?

Aligned Translation: How can I get away from you if you are so far?

Free Translation: How to stay away from you when you are so far away?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Cómo encontrarle una pestaña a lo que nunca tuvo ojos?

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Adverb	Verb	Determiner	Noun	Preposition	Adjective	Adverb	Verb	Noun
cómo	encontrar	un	pestaña	a	qué	nunca	tuvo	ojo
interrogative how?	transitive to find, encounter, come across	a	anatomy eyelash	to	what; which	never	transitive to have, possess (literally)	eye
	Infinitive						3rd Person Singular Indicative Preterite of the verb tener
How	to find	an	eyelash	to	what	never	had	eyes	?

Aligned Translation: How to find an eyelash on what never had eyes?

Free Translation: How to find an eyelash on what never had eyes?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Cómo encontrarle plataformas a lo que siempre fue un barranco?

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Adverb	Verb	Noun	Preposition	Adjective	Adverb	Verb	Determiner	Noun
cómo	encontrar	plataforma	a	qué	siempre	fue	un	barranco
interrogative how?	transitive to find, encounter, come across	platform (a raised stage used for speeches and performances)	to	what; which (interrogative only)	always	to be (essentially or identified as).	a	gully, gulch, ravine, barranca
	Infinitive					3rd Person Singular Indicative Preterite of the verb ser
How	to find	platforms	to	what	always	was	a	ravine	?

Aligned Translation: How to find platforms to what was always a ravine?

Free Translation: How to find platforms for what was always a ravine?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Cómo encontrar en la alacena los besos que no me diste?

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Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Determiner	Noun	Determiner	Noun	Conjunction	Adverb	Pronoun	Verb
cómo	encontrar	en	la	alacena	los	beso	que	no	mí	diste
interrogative how?	transitive to find, encounter, come across	in, at, on	the	Mexico pantry, larder	the	kiss	that	not	me; (declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition)	transitive to give, to give out
	Infinitive									2nd Person Singular Indicative Preterite of the verb dar
How	to find	in	the	pantry	the	kisses	that			you did not give me	?

Aligned Translation: How to find in the cupboard the kisses you didn't give me?

Free Translation: How to find in the pantry the kisses you didn't give me?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Y cómo deshacerme de ti si no te tengo?

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Conjunction	Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Pronoun	Conjunction	Adverb	Pronoun	Verb
y	cómo	deshacer	de	ti	si	no	tú	tengo
and	interrogative how?	reflexive to get rid of, to ditch, to dispose of, to dump (deshacerse de alguien o algo)	of, from (indicating cause)	you, thee (declined form of tú used as the object of a preposition)	if	not	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).	transitive to have, possess (literally)
		Infinitive						1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb tener
And	how	to get rid	of	you	if			I do not have you	?

Aligned Translation: How to get rid of you if I don't have you?

Free Translation: How to get rid of you if I don't have you?

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Original Lyrics: ¿Cómo alejarme de ti si estás tan lejos?

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Adverb	Verb	Preposition	Pronoun	Conjunction	Verb	Adverb	Adverb
cómo	alejar	de	ti	si	estás	tan	lejos
interrogative how?	to remove to a distance, put farther away, to lead away, to draw away	from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at)	you, thee (declined form of tú used as the object of a preposition)	if	to be (have a (transient) location in space). Compare ser, quedar.	so, as	far
	Infinitive				2nd Person Singular Indicative Present Tuteo of the verb estar
How	to get away	from	you	if	you are	so	far	?

Aligned Translation: How can I get away from you if you are so far?

Free Translation: How to stay away from you when you are so far away?

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Original Lyrics: El problema no fue hallarte

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Determiner	Noun	Adverb	Verb	Verb	Pronoun
el	problema	no	fue	hallar	tú
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	not	to be (essentially or identified as).	to find	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).
			3rd Person Singular Indicative Preterite of the verb ser	Infinitive
The	problem		was not	finding	you

Aligned Translation: The problem wasn't finding you

Free Translation: The problem wasn't finding you

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Original Lyrics: El problema es olvidarte

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Determiner	Noun	Verb	Verb	Pronoun
el	problema	es	olvidar	tú
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	to be (essentially or identified as).	to forget; to elude, escape (be forgotten by)	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).
		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser	Infinitive
The	problem	is	forget	you

Aligned Translation: The problem is forgetting you

Free Translation: The problem is to forget you

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Original Lyrics: El problema no es que mientas

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Determiner	Noun	Adverb	Verb	Conjunction	Verb
el	problema	no	es	que	mientas
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	not	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	to lie (say something untrue)
			3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser		2nd Person Singular Subjunctive Present Tuteo of the verb mentir
The	problem		is not	that	you lie

Aligned Translation: The problem is not that you lie

Free Translation: the problem isn't that you lie

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Original Lyrics: El problema es que te creo

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Determiner	Noun	Verb	Conjunction	Pronoun	Verb
el	problema	es	que	tú	creo
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).	transitive to believe
		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser			1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb creer
The	problem	is	that		I believe you

Aligned Translation: The problem is that I believe you

Free Translation: The problem is that I believe you

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Original Lyrics: El problema no es cambiarte

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Determiner	Noun	Adverb	Verb	Verb	Pronoun
el	problema	no	es	cambiar	tú
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	not	to be (essentially or identified as).	transitive:intransitive to change, to shift, to switch, to alter	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).
			3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser	Infinitive
The	problem		is not	to change	you

Aligned Translation: The problem is not to change you

Free Translation: The problem isn't to change you

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Original Lyrics: El problema es que no quiero

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Determiner	Noun	Verb	Conjunction	Adverb	Verb
el	problema	es	que	no	quiero
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	not	to desire, to want, to want to
		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser			1st Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb querer
The	problem	is	that		I do not want

Aligned Translation: The problem is that I don't want

Free Translation: The problem is that I don't want

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Original Lyrics: El problema no es quererte

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Determiner	Noun	Adverb	Verb	Verb	Pronoun
el	problema	no	es	querer	tú
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	not	to be (essentially or identified as).	to love; to be fond of	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).
			3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser	Infinitive
The	problem		is not	loving	you

Aligned Translation: The problem is not loving you

Free Translation: The problem isn't loving you

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Original Lyrics: Es que tú no sientas lo mismo

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Verb	Conjunction	Pronoun	Adverb	Verb	Determiner	Adjective
es	que	tú	no	sientas	lo	mismo
to be (essentially or identified as).	that	(Second person pronoun in singular tense) (informal communication in Spain and Mexico). you; thou (cognate).	not	transitive to feel	(neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives); the	same; identical; one and the same; (indicates that the two compared noun clauses both represent the one thing)
3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser				2nd Person Singular Imperative Negative of the verb sentir
Is	that	you		do not feel	the	same

Aligned Translation: Is that you don't feel the same

Free Translation: Is that you don't feel the same

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Original Lyrics: El problema no es que juegues

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Determiner	Noun	Adverb	Verb	Conjunction	Verb
el	problema	no	es	que	juegues
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	not	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	to play
			3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser		2nd Person Singular Subjunctive Present Tuteo of the verb jugar
The	problem		is not	that	you play

Aligned Translation: The problem is not that you play

Free Translation: The problem isn't you play

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Original Lyrics: El problema es que es conmigo

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Determiner	Noun	Verb	Conjunction	Verb	Preposition	Pronoun
el	problema	es	que	es	con	mí
Masculine singular definite article; the.	problem, issue, challenge, matter, concern, business, difficulty, snag (a difficulty or obstacle that has to be dealt with)	to be (essentially or identified as).	that	to be (essentially or identified as).	with	me; (declined form of yo used as the object of a preposition)
		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser		3rd Person Singular Indicative Present of the verb ser
The	problem	is	that	it is	with	me

Aligned Translation: The problem is that it's with me

Free Translation: The problem is that it is with me

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Ricardo Arjona El Problema meaning and English lyrics explained

One of my favorite Spanish singers is Ricardo Arjona, some people say his music is weird or even that is meaningless, but I can’t agree with those who say that. Ricardo Arjona’s music is great and most of the time poetic but at the same time simple, without too many complex lyrics. He often tells us stories that involve a woman in them, songs like: “Historia de un Taxi” – “Cab story” or “Señora de las 4 décadas” – “Ms. of the 4 decades” are good examples of it.

“El problema” – “The Problem” by Ricardo Arjona is a very straightforward song, a man finds himself confused about his feelings for a girl he likes but she barely acknowledges his existence. Most of the lines of the lyrics start by saying “El problema no” – “The problem isn’t” and “El problema es” – “The problem is” which describe perfectly how the man feels in his head. He doesn’t consider a problem that she lies, the problem is that he believes her. The problem isn’t that she hurt him, the problem is that he likes it and so on during the lyrics. He admits that he wants to get rid of her, but how when she isn’t even with him?

El problema is a cool song, as an interesting fact, the song is the most popular by Ricardo Arjona, when it was released in 2002 the song was even in the top charts in The USA and Spain.

In terms of learning I don’t consider this song a difficult one, most of the lines are similar and just a few sentences differ from the rest. You can learn the meaning of the word “Problema” and how to use it in certain sentences, so a good catch if you didn’t know about this song.

Submitted by user: ANITA

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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 Problema has 100 BPM (beats per minute)

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^RAE Based on a median word frequency of 836 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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