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Abarrotería de amor – Ricardo Arjona

Ricardo Arjona

Abarrotería de amor lyrics with English translation

Language
Spanish
Level
Intermediate
Released
1996
Genre
Rock, Pop
Length
3:41
  1. El misterio estaba allí

    The mystery was there

  2. En aquella casa color ladrillo

    In that brick-colored house

  3. Un faro rojo en la puerta

    A red lighthouse at the door

  4. Y un letrero amarillo

    And a yellow sign

  5. Era una abarrotería de amor

    It was a grocery store of love

  6. Unos billetes para conocer el sabor

    Some bills to taste the flavor

  7. De una cama compartida

    Of a shared bed

  8. Con damas sin nombre

    With nameless ladies

  9. Con el fantasma de la virginidad

    With the ghost of virginity

  10. El ahorro perdió la dignidad

    Save lost its dignity

  11. Rompí la alcancía

    I broke the piggy bank

  12. Toqué la puerta y entré

    I knocked on the door and walked in

  13. No hubo celos ni suegras

    There were no jealousies or mothers-in-law

  14. Ni tuve que invitarlas al cine

    Nor did I have to invite them to the movies

  15. No hubo escenas ni cuñados

    There were no scenes or brothers-in-law

  16. Y menos un maldito abogado

    And certainly no damn lawyer

  17. Era todo democracia

    It was all democracy

  18. No había edad ni clases sociales

    There was no age or social classes

  19. Si cumplías con la tarifa

    If you met the fee

  20. Tenías tu pedacito de cielo

    You had your little piece of heaven

  21. Cuatro besos, medio kilo de amor

    Four kisses, half a kilo of love

  22. Dos abrazos y un litro de sudor

    Two hugs and a liter of sweat

  23. Una abarrotería de amor

    A grocery store of love

  24. Eeh

    Eeh

  25. Allí encontré a mi maestro de escuela

    There I found my schoolteacher

  26. A un ginecólogo y a un intelectual

    A gynecologist and an intellectual

  27. A tres cantautores borrachos

    Three drunken singer-songwriters

  28. Y a un gobernador

    And a governor

  29. "No te pongas nervioso" me dijo

    "Don't get nervous," he said to me

  30. Una chica vestida de rojo

    A girl dressed in red

  31. Entré a su cuarto siendo un chiquillo

    I entered her room as a young boy

  32. Y al salir fui un señor

    And when I left, I was a man

  33. En la escuela me hablaban de Colón

    At school, they talked to me about Columbus

  34. Y de las tablas de multiplicación

    And about the multiplication tables

  35. Pero no mencionaron

    But they never mentioned

  36. Cómo es que se hace el amor

    How to make love

  37. No hubo celos ni suegras

    There were no jealousies or mothers-in-law

  38. Ni tuve que invitarlas al cine

    Nor did I have to invite them to the movies

  39. No hubo escenas ni cuñados

    There were no scenes or brothers-in-law

  40. Y menos un maldito abogado

    And certainly no damned lawyer

  41. Era todo democracia

    It was all democracy

  42. No había edad ni clases sociales

    There was no age or social classes

  43. Si cumplías con la tarifa

    If you paid the fare

  44. Tenías tu pedacito de cielo

    You had your little piece of heaven

  45. Cuatro besos, medio kilo de amor

    Four kisses, half a kilo of love

  46. Dos abrazos y un litro de sudor

    Two hugs and a liter of sweat

  47. Una abarrotería de amor

    A grocery store of love

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Key vocabulary

rojo
redA1
todo
everythingA1
fantasma
ghostB1
letrero
signB1
sabor
flavorB1
toqué
touchedB1
tuve
hadB1
estaba
wasB1
allí
thereA1
aquella
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About this song

Ricardo Arjona is a Guatemalan singer-songwriter and actor in the Latin pop and Latin ballad genres. He is known for the chart-topping hits “Mujeres” and “El Problema,” and for a long-running career with numerous Billboard Latin chart entries and honors, including induction into the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Abarrotería de amor

El misterio estaba allí

The mystery was there

En aquella casa color ladrillo

In that brick-colored house

Un faro rojo en la puerta

A red lighthouse at the door

Y un letrero amarillo

And a yellow sign

Era una abarrotería de amor

It was a grocery store of love

Unos billetes para conocer el sabor

Some bills to taste the flavor

De una cama compartida

Of a shared bed

Con damas sin nombre

With nameless ladies

Con el fantasma de la virginidad

With the ghost of virginity

El ahorro perdió la dignidad

Save lost its dignity

Rompí la alcancía

I broke the piggy bank

Toqué la puerta y entré

I knocked on the door and walked in

No hubo celos ni suegras

There were no jealousies or mothers-in-law

Ni tuve que invitarlas al cine

Nor did I have to invite them to the movies

No hubo escenas ni cuñados

There were no scenes or brothers-in-law

Y menos un maldito abogado

And certainly no damn lawyer

Era todo democracia

It was all democracy

No había edad ni clases sociales

There was no age or social classes

Si cumplías con la tarifa

If you met the fee

Tenías tu pedacito de cielo

You had your little piece of heaven

Cuatro besos, medio kilo de amor

Four kisses, half a kilo of love

Dos abrazos y un litro de sudor

Two hugs and a liter of sweat

Una abarrotería de amor

A grocery store of love

Eeh

Eeh

Allí encontré a mi maestro de escuela

There I found my schoolteacher

A un ginecólogo y a un intelectual

A gynecologist and an intellectual

A tres cantautores borrachos

Three drunken singer-songwriters

Y a un gobernador

And a governor

"No te pongas nervioso" me dijo

"Don't get nervous," he said to me

Una chica vestida de rojo

A girl dressed in red

Entré a su cuarto siendo un chiquillo

I entered her room as a young boy

Y al salir fui un señor

And when I left, I was a man

En la escuela me hablaban de Colón

At school, they talked to me about Columbus

Y de las tablas de multiplicación

And about the multiplication tables

Pero no mencionaron

But they never mentioned

Cómo es que se hace el amor

How to make love

No hubo celos ni suegras

There were no jealousies or mothers-in-law

Ni tuve que invitarlas al cine

Nor did I have to invite them to the movies

No hubo escenas ni cuñados

There were no scenes or brothers-in-law

Y menos un maldito abogado

And certainly no damned lawyer

Era todo democracia

It was all democracy

No había edad ni clases sociales

There was no age or social classes

Si cumplías con la tarifa

If you paid the fare

Tenías tu pedacito de cielo

You had your little piece of heaven

Cuatro besos, medio kilo de amor

Four kisses, half a kilo of love

Dos abrazos y un litro de sudor

Two hugs and a liter of sweat

Una abarrotería de amor

A grocery store of love