Bailando
Enrique Iglesias · 2014
🎤 Sing along
Sing with the chorus
- Bailando (bailando)
- Bailando (bailando)
- Tu cuerpo y el mío llenando el vacío
- Subiendo y bajando (subiendo y bajando)
Echo the hook
- Yo quiero estar contigo
- Vivir contigo, bailar contigo
- Tener contigo una noche loca (una noche loca)
- Ay, besar tu boca (y besar tu boca)
Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory
Exercises
Exercise 1
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Exercise 2
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Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Exercise 5
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Exercise 6
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Exercise 7
Translate this line to Portuguese:
One love, one love
Exercise 8
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Me palpita lento el corazón
Exercise 9
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Subiendo y bajando subiendo y bajando
Exercise 10
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Me va saturando
Exercise 11
Translate this line to Portuguese:
Con esta melodía, tu color, tu fantasía
Exercise 12
Choose the missing word:
Yo te ? y se me corta la respiración
Exercise 13
Choose the missing word:
Con tu ? y tu química, también tu anatomía
Exercise 14
Choose the missing word:
Tener contigo una ? loca (una noche loca)
Exercise 15
Choose the missing word:
Tus ? aceleran a mi corazón
Exercise 16
Choose the missing word:
Ese fuego por ? me va enloqueciendo
Exercise 17
Put the words in the right order:
Exercise 18
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Exercise 19
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Exercise 20
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Exercise 21
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Exercise 22
How many times do you hear the word "bailando" in the whole song?
"bailando"
Exercise 23
How many times do you hear the word "puedo" in the whole song?
"puedo"
Exercise 24
Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:
- Ay, besar tu boca (y besar tu boca)
- One love, one love
- Ya no puedo más (ya no puedo más)
Exercise 25
What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Bailando" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.
Exercise 26
If you could ask Enrique Iglesias one question about "Bailando", what would it be and why?
Exercise 27
Rewrite the chorus of "Bailando" in your own words — keep the meaning but change the style (formal, slang, poetic, whatever you like).
Exercise 28
If you could change the ending of the story told in "Bailando", what would happen instead?
Exercise 29
"Bailando" was released in 2014. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.
Exercise 30
Describe the mood of "Bailando" in three adjectives. What part of the song makes you feel that way?