Café Tacvba
El catrín lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1992
- Genre
- Indie Pop
- Length
- 2:54
Caminado por la calle va el catrín
Walking down the street goes the dandy
Estampa de lotería gritada en juego
Lottery print shouted in the game
Traje a rayas, su bastón y su bombín
Striped suit, his cane and his bowler hat
"Ese roto" le gritan a Don Ferruco
"That broken one" they shout at Don Ferruco
Por Palacio y Catedral
Through the Palace and Cathedral
Se dirige hacia la Alameda Central
He heads towards the Central Alameda
Cita a ciegas, un clavel en el ojal
Blind date, a carnation in the lapel
Sentados frente a una estatua pornográfica
Sitting in front of a pornographic statue
Mon chérie ça va et toi parlez vous français
My darling, how's it going, do you speak French?
Y hace tanto que eso fue
And it's been so long since that happened
Y después la solución
And then the solution
El café en Café Tacuba es mejor
The coffee at Café Tacuba is better
Por Palacio y Catedral
Through the Palace and Cathedral
Se dirige hacia la Alameda Central
It heads towards the Alameda Central
Y después la solución
And then the solution
El café en Café Tacuba es mejor
The coffee at Café Tacuba is better
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Key vocabulary
- caminado
- walked
- calle
- streetA1
- estampa
- stampA2
- traje
- suitA2
- va
- goesA2
- catrín
- dandy
- lotería
- lotteryB1
- gritada
- shout
- rayas
- stripesB1
- roto
- brokenB1
About this song
Café Tacvba are a Mexican rock en español band. Formed in Mexico City in the late 1980s, they are known for blending alternative rock with Mexican folk and other genres across acclaimed albums such as Re (1994) and their later genre-hopping releases.