Ismael Rivera
Los chismosos lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1960
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 2:47
Yo no puedo vivir en esta vecindad
I can't live in this neighborhood
Se pasan averiguando para ponerse a hablar
They spend their time snooping just to gossip
Que visitan las casas de puro chiste
They visit houses just for laughs
Y es para averiguar lo que comiste, ¿viste?
And it's to find out what you had to eat, you see?
Yo no puedo vivir en esta vecindad
I can't live in this neighborhood
Se pasan averiguando para ponerse a hablar
They spend their time snooping just to gossip
Que llegó a mi casa un policía
A police officer came to my house
Y enseguida se acercaron a ver qué decía, Ave María Sofía
And right away they came over to see what he would say, Ave María Sofía
Yo no puedo vivir en esta vecindad
I can't live in this neighborhood
Se pasan averiguando para ponerse a hablar
They spend their time snooping just to gossip
Estos malos vecinos yo no los quiero ver
I don't want to see these bad neighbors
El día que yo me mude nadie los va a saber
The day I move out, nobody will know them
Yo no puedo vivir en esta vecindad
I can't live in this neighborhood
Se pasan averiguando para ponerse a hablar
They spend their time prying just to gossip
¡Ah, ah, ah!
¡Chismoso!
Gossiper!
Yo no puedo vivir en esta vecindad
I can't live in this neighborhood
Se pasan averiguando para ponerse a hablar
They spend their time prying just to gossip
Que si tú grabas con Jemas, todos quieren saber
If you record with Jemas, everyone wants to know
Y los Alvarez que detectan a también, delen, delen
And the Alvarezes will notice too, come on, come on
Yo no puedo vivir en esta vecindad
I can't live in this neighborhood
Se pasan averiguando para ponerse a hablar
They spend their time digging around just to gossip
Que todos los chismosos en conferencia
That all the gossipers are in a conference
Tuvieron una bronca de gran frecuencia
They had a feud that happens quite frequently
Yo no puedo vivir en esta vecindad
I can't live in this neighborhood
Se pasan averiguando para ponerse a hablar
They spend their time digging around just to gossip
Que visitan las casas de puro chiste
They visit the houses just for a laugh
Y es para averiguar lo que allí existe
And it's to find out what exists there
Yo no puedo vivir en esta vecindad
I can't live in this neighborhood
Se pasan averiguando para ponerse a hablar
They spend their time digging around just to gossip
¡Seranalere!
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Key vocabulary
- ave
- birdB1
- chismosos
- gossips
- acercaron
- brought closer
- allí
- thereA1
- averiguando
- investigating
- casa
- houseA1
- chismoso
- gossipy
- comiste
- ate
- conferencia
- conferenceB1
- decía
- saidB2
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About this song
Firmly fixed in the Latin music firmament as "El Sonero Mayor" (The Greatest Singer), Ismael Rivera was blessed with a gloriously husky voice, which he honed into a unique improvisational instrument.