Elis Regina
Pororó-popó lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1962
- Genre
- Bossa Nova, Samba
- Length
- 2:00
Bate-papo, par constante
Chit-chat, constant pair
Pororó pó pó
Pororó pow pow
Dançando na festa
Dancing at the party
Beijinho na testa e só (só?)
A kiss on the forehead and that's it (that's it?)
Seu telefone eu anotei
I wrote down your number
Cúpido me laçou
Cupid caught me
E apertou o nó
And tightened the knot
Poró poró pó pó
Poró poró pow pow
Todo o dia eu discava
All day I was dialing
Pororó pó
Pororó pow
Discava escondida da mamãe e da vovó
Dialing hidden from mom and grandma
Tudo começou de brincadeira
It all started as a game
E eu fiquei brincando a vida inteira
And I kept playing my whole life
Pó poró poró pó pó
Po-ree po-ree po po
Todo o dia eu discava
Every day I was dialing
Discava escondida de mamãe e da vovó
Dialing hidden from mom and grandma
Tudo começou de brincadeira
It all started as a game
E eu fiquei brincando a vida inteira
And I kept playing my whole life
A vida inteira...
My whole life...
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Key vocabulary
- tudo
- everythingA1
- bate-papo
- chat
- par
- pair
- constante
- constantB1
- pororó
- booming
- pó
- dust
- dançando
- dancing
- festa
- partyA2
- beijinho
- kiss
- testa
- headA2
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About this song
Elis Regina was a Brazilian vocalist associated with bossa nova and MPB, known for peppery, emotionally driven singing. She became an international star for her interpretations of 1960s composers and for collaborations with Jair Rodrigues and Antonio Carlos Jobim.