La Copa De La Vida Ricky Martin Translation Meaning and Lyrics

Song Meaning

'La Copa De La Vida' means 'The Cup of Life' in English. It is a name of a song by 'Ricky Martin' human translated here by a native speaker.

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Original Lyrics: La Vida Es

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Aligned Translation: Life Is

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Original Lyrics: Pura Pasion

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Aligned Translation: Pure Passion

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Original Lyrics: Hay que llenar

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Aligned Translation: It is necessary to fill

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Original Lyrics: Copa De Amor

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Aligned Translation: Cup of Love

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Original Lyrics: Para Vivir

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Aligned Translation: To Live

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Original Lyrics: Hay que luchar

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Aligned Translation: We have to fight

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Original Lyrics: Un corazon

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Aligned Translation: A heart

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Original Lyrics: Para ganar

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Aligned Translation: To win

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Original Lyrics: Como Cain y Abel

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Aligned Translation: Like Cain and Abel

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Original Lyrics: Es un partido cruel

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Aligned Translation: It's a cruel match

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Original Lyrics: Tienes que pelear por una estrella

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Aligned Translation: You have to fight for a star

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Original Lyrics: Consigue con honor

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Aligned Translation: Get with honor

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Original Lyrics: La copa del amor

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Aligned Translation: The cup of love

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Original Lyrics: Para sobrevivir y luchar por ella

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Aligned Translation: To survive and fight for her

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Original Lyrics: Luchar por ella (si)

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Aligned Translation: To fight for her (yes)

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Original Lyrics: Luchar por ella (si)

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Aligned Translation: To fight for her (yes)

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Original Lyrics: Tu y yo! Allez, allez, allez!

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Aligned Translation: You and I Come on Come on Come on

Free Translation: You and I! Come on, come on, come on!

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Original Lyrics: Go, go, gol! Allez, allez, allez!

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Aligned Translation: Go Go Go come on come on come on

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Original Lyrics: Arriba va! El mundo esta de pie

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Aligned Translation: above goes The world is standing

Free Translation: it goes up! The world is standing

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Original Lyrics: Go, go, gol! Allez, allez, allez!

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Aligned Translation: Go Go Go come on come on come on

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Original Lyrics: La vida es

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Aligned Translation: Life Is

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Original Lyrics: Competicion

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Aligned Translation: competition

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Original Lyrics: Hay que soñar

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Aligned Translation: It is necessary to dream

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Original Lyrics: Ser campeon

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Aligned Translation: To be a champion

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Original Lyrics: La copa es

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Aligned Translation: The cup is

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Original Lyrics: La bendicion

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Aligned Translation: Blessing

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Original Lyrics: La ganaras

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Aligned Translation: You will win it

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Original Lyrics: Go, Go GO!

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Aligned Translation: go go go

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Original Lyrics: Tu instinto natural

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Aligned Translation: your natural instinct

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Original Lyrics: Vencer a tu rival

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Aligned Translation: to beat to your rival

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Original Lyrics: Tienes que pelear por una estrella

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Aligned Translation: You have to fight for a star

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Original Lyrics: Consigue con honor

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Aligned Translation: Get with honor

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Original Lyrics: La copa de la amor

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Aligned Translation: The cup of love

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Original Lyrics: Para sobrevivir y luchar por ella

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Aligned Translation: To survive and fight for her

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Original Lyrics: Luchar por ella (si)

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Aligned Translation: To fight for her (yes)

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Original Lyrics: Luchar por ella (si)

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Aligned Translation: To fight for her (yes)

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Original Lyrics: Tu y yo! Allez, allez, allez!

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Aligned Translation: you and I come on come on come on

Free Translation: You and I! Come on, come on, come on!

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Original Lyrics: Go, go, gol! Allez, allez, allez!

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Aligned Translation: Go Go Go come on come on come on

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Original Lyrics: Arriba va! El mundo esta de pie

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Aligned Translation: above goes The world is standing

Free Translation: it goes up! The world is standing

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Original Lyrics: Go, go, gol! Allez, allez, allez!

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Aligned Translation: Go Go Go come on come on come on

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Original Lyrics: Como Cain y Abel

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Aligned Translation: Like Cain and Abel

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Original Lyrics: Es un partido cruel

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Aligned Translation: It's a cruel match

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Original Lyrics: Tienes que pelear por una estrella

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Aligned Translation: You have to fight for a star

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Original Lyrics: Consigue con honor

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Aligned Translation: Get with honor

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Original Lyrics: La copa del amor

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Aligned Translation: The cup of love

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Original Lyrics: Para sobrevivir y luchar por ella

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Aligned Translation: To survive and fight for her

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Original Lyrics: Luchar por ella (si)

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Aligned Translation: To fight for her (yes)

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Original Lyrics: Luchar por ella (si) Luchar por ella (si, si, si)

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Aligned Translation: Fight for her yes Fight for her yes, yes, yes

Free Translation: Fight for her (yeah) Fight for her (yeah, yeah, yeah)

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Original Lyrics: Tu y yo! Allez, allez, allez!

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Aligned Translation: you and I come on come on come on

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Original Lyrics: Go, go, gol! Ale, ale, ale!

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Aligned Translation: go go go come on come on come on

Free Translation: Go, go, gol! come on, comeo on, come on!

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Original Lyrics: Arriba va! El mundo esta de pie

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Aligned Translation: above goes The world is standing

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Original Lyrics: Go, go, gol! Ale, ale, ale!

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Aligned Translation: go go go come on come on come on

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Review

The Cup of Life  is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin for his fourth studio album, Vuelve (1998). A primarily Spanish language samba-rooted Latin pop song, it carries a soccer-heavy message with fully positive lyrics. Martin created the song after FIFA requested an anthem. Luis Gómez Escolar, Desmond Child, and Draco Rosa wrote the song. It was released by Columbia Records on March 9, 1998, as the second single from the album and became the official song of the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

The accompanying music videos were filmed at a sold-out concert in Puerto Rico and directed by American director Wayne Isham, who had also directed the video for Martin's previous single "Vuelve" The video for "The Cup of Life" aired in April 1998. In the video, we see him wearing a black T-shirt and performing the song energetically in front of the concert audience. Also, there was a similar visual for "La Copa de la Vida" and another version of the Spanish version, which consists mainly of the specified performance, but starts with Martin kicking a soccer ball to the screen while being filmed. There are added scenes of the audience singing and dancing to the song, as well as shots of different soccer players playing during the FIFA World Cup, which are projected onto a wall while Martin sometimes poses before it.

In this song, one of the most useful expressions you can learn when studying Spanish is HAY QUE, it literally says THERE IS but it means YOU HAVE TO

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Average Ratings

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

Most words used are in very common daily usage.RAE

La Copa De La Vida has 120 BPM (beats per minute)

References

RAE Based on a median word frequency of 986 using the frequency database from the Royal Spanish Academy (La Real Academia Española)

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