Gilberto Gil
Acertei no milhar lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Portuguese
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1978
- Genre
- Bossa Nova
- Length
- 2:07
Etelvina
Etelvina
- Que é Macalinhas?
- What’s up, Macalinhas?
Acertei no milhar
I hit the jackpot
Ganhei quinhentos mil
I won five hundred thousand
Não vou mais trabalhar
I won't work anymore
Você dê toda roupa velha para os pobres
You give all the old clothes to the poor
E a mobília nós vamos quebrar
And we're gonna break the furniture
Isto é pra já, vamos quebrar...
This is for now, let's break...
"Joga tudo, joga... Não tem problema
"Throw it all, throw... No problem
Eu tô cheio de cruzado no buraco do pano."
I'm full of crosses in the hole of the cloth."
Etelvina
Etelvina
Vai ter outra lua-de-mel
There will be another honeymoon
Você vai ser madame, vai morar
You're going to be a lady, you're going to live
No Palace Hotel
In the Palace Hotel
E vou comprar um nome não sei onde
And I'll buy a name, I don't know where
De Macerlewski Moringueira di viscondi
Of Macerlewski Moringueira di viscondi
Um professor de francês, mon amour
A French teacher, my love
Vou mudar seu nome pra madame Pompadour.
I'm going to change your name to Madame Pompadour.
Até que enfim agora sou feliz
Finally, I'm happy now
Vou passar a Europa toda,
I'm going to travel all over Europe,
Até paris
Up to Paris
E nossos filhos, oh que inferno
And our children, oh what hell
Eu vou pô-los no colégio interno
I'm going to send them to boarding school
Telefone pra Mané do armazém
Call Mané from the general store
Porque não quero ficar devendo nada a ninguém
Because I don't want to owe anything to anyone
E vou comprar um avião azul
And I'm going to buy a blue airplane
Para percorrer a América do Sul
To travel across South America
Mas de repente, derepenguente
But suddenly, derepenguente
Etevilna me chamou:
Etevilna called me:
- Está na hora do batente
- It's time to work
Mas de repente, de repenguente
But suddenly, unexpectedly
Etelvina me chamou:
Etelvina called me:
- Sai pelos fundos barbulino
- Sneak out the back, little rascal
Que pela frente tem gente.
Because there are people out front.
Foi um sonho minha gente.
It was a dream, my folks.
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Key vocabulary
- etelvina
- name
- macalinhas
- trimmings
- acertei
- I hit
- milhar
- thousand
- ganhei
- won
- quinhentos
- five hundred
- mil
- thousandA2
- vou
- go
- mais
- moreA1
- trabalhar
- workA1
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About this song
Gilberto Gil was a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and songwriter associated with Tropicália and other innovative trends in Brazilian music. He is known for expanding Brazilian musical language through late-1960s and 1970s recordings and for combining an active political career, including serving as Brazil’s minister of culture, with ongoing work as a recording artist.