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Colgando en tus manos

Carlos Baute, Marta Sánchez

Colgando en tus manos by Carlos Baute, Marta Sánchez, line by line: what the lyrics mean, 24 expressions explained and 316 words translated with their grammar. Learn Spanish from the song, free.

46 lines translated 316 words explained 24 expressions

Lyrics with English translation, line by line

Each line as sung, what it means, and — where it needs one — why it's said that way.

  1. Quizá no fue coincidencia encontrarme contigo

    Maybe it wasn't a coincidence to find you

  2. Tal vez esto lo hizo el destino

    Perhaps fate made this happen

  3. Quiero dormirme de nuevo en tu pecho

    I want to fall asleep on your chest again

  4. Y después me despierten tus besos

    And then be woken up by your kisses

  5. Tu sexto sentido sueña conmigo

    Your sixth sense dreams of me

    el sexto sentido (the sixth sense) refers to intuition or a supernatural awareness beyond the five physical senses; the singer claims his beloved's intuition already knows they belong together, even if she hasn't admitted it

  6. Sé que pronto estaremos unidos

    I know we'll be together soon

  7. Esa sonrisa traviesa que vive conmigo

    That mischievous smile that lives with me

  8. Sé que pronto estaré en tu camino

    I know I'll be in your path soon

  9. Sabes que estoy colgando en tus manos

    You know I'm hanging in your hands

  10. Hmm, así que no me dejes caer

    Hmm, so don't let me fall

  11. Sabes que estoy colgando en tus manos

    You know I'm hanging in your hands

  12. Te envío poemas de mi puño y letra

    I send you poems in my own handwriting

    de mi puño y letra is a well-known Spanish idiom for handwritten correspondence; in the digital age, sending handwritten poems is a deliberately romantic and old-fashioned gesture, heightening the emotional weight of the line

  13. Te envío canciones de cuatro cuarenta

    I send you songs at four forty

    cuatro cuarenta (4:40) refers to a specific time, likely late at night or early morning — the hour when the singer is awake, unable to sleep, and sending songs; this detail paints a vivid picture of sleepless longing

  14. Te envío las fotos cenando en Marbella

    I send you the photos of us dining in Marbella

    Marbella is a glamorous coastal city on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain, associated with luxury, celebrity culture, and upscale dining; its mention evokes a shared memory of an affluent, romantic trip

  15. Y cuando estuvimos por Venezuela

    And when we were over in Venezuela

    Venezuela is referenced as another shared travel memory; the singer is from a Latin background and the mention of Venezuela alongside Marbella suggests a jet-setting, international romance

  16. Y así me recuerdes y tengas presente

    So that you remember me and keep in mind

  17. Que mi corazón está colgando en tus manos

    That my heart is hanging in your hands

  18. Cuidado, cuidado que mi corazón esta colgando en tus manos

    Careful, careful, my heart is hanging in your hands

    cuidado used as a warning interjection ('careful!') is a common Spanish exclamation; here it is directed at the beloved, warning her to handle the singer's heart gently — a poetic inversion where the vulnerable person warns the powerful one

  19. No perderé la esperanza de hablar contigo

    I won't lose hope of talking to you

  20. Hmm, no me importa qué dice el destino

    Hmm, I don't care what fate says

  21. Quiero tener tu fragancia conmigo

    I want to have your fragrance with me

  22. Y beberme de ti lo prohibido

    And drink from you what is forbidden

  23. Sabes que estoy colgando en tus manos

    You know I'm hanging in your hands

  24. Hmm, así que no me dejes caer

    Hmm, so don't let me fall

  25. Sabes que estoy colgando en tus manos

    You know I'm hanging in your hands

  26. Te envío poemas de mi puño y letra

    I send you poems in my own handwriting

  27. Te envío canciones de cuatro cuarenta

    I send you songs at four forty

  28. Te envío las fotos cenando en Marbella

    I send you the photos of us dining in Marbella

  29. Y cuando estuvimos por Venezuela

    And when we were over in Venezuela

  30. Y así-así me recuerdes y tengas presente

    So that you remember me and keep in mind

  31. Que mi corazón está colgando en tus manos

    That my heart is hanging in your hands

  32. (Cuidado), cuidado (mucho cuidado), cuidado

    Careful, careful (be very careful), careful

  33. Marta, yo te digo, me tienes en tus manos

    Marta, I'm telling you, you have me in your hands

    Marta is addressed by name here, making the song feel like a personal letter or confession; naming the subject directly is a classic device in Spanish-language romantic ballads and boleros to intensify intimacy

  34. (Cuidado, mucho cuidado)

    Careful, be very careful

  35. No importa qué diga el destino, quédate conmigo

    No matter what fate says, stay with me

  36. (Cuidado, mucho cuidado)

    Careful, be very careful

  37. Lo quiero todo de ti: tu' labio', tu cariño, lo prohibido; ay

    I want everything from you: your lips, your affection, the forbidden; ay

  38. Te envío poemas de mi puño y letra

    I send you poems in my own handwriting

  39. Te envío canciones de cuatro cuarenta

    I send you songs at four forty

  40. Te envío las fotos cenando en Marbella

    I send you the photos of us dining in Marbella

  41. Y cuando estuvimos por Venezuela

    And when we were over in Venezuela

  42. Y así-así me recuerdes y tengas presente

    So that you remember me and keep in mind

  43. Que mi corazón está colgando en tus manos

    That my heart is hanging in your hands

  44. Cuidado, cuidado que mi corazón esta colgando en tus manos

    Careful, careful, my heart is hanging in your hands

  45. Que mi corazón está colgando en tus manos

    That my heart is hanging in your hands

  46. Que mi corazón está colgando en tus manos

    That my heart is hanging in your hands

Expressions and idioms in “Colgando en tus manos”

The lines that don't mean what the dictionary says.

encontrarme contigo to find myself with you / to meet you
encontrarse (reflexive form of encontrar) shifts meaning from 'to find something' to 'to meet / to find oneself'; the reflexive clitic -me is attached to the infinitive here, a common pattern in Spanish
Tal vez perhaps / maybe
tal vez is a fixed adverbial phrase meaning 'perhaps'; it can be followed by indicative or subjunctive depending on the degree of doubt — a key phrase for expressing uncertainty in Spanish
dormirme de nuevo to fall asleep again
dormirse (reflexive) means 'to fall asleep', while plain dormir means 'to sleep' — the reflexive changes the meaning entirely; de nuevo is a fixed phrase meaning 'again'
de nuevo again
de nuevo is a fixed adverbial phrase meaning 'again / once more'; it is interchangeable with otra vez in most contexts
me despierten wake me up
despertar with an object pronoun (me) means 'to wake someone up'; the subjunctive despierten is triggered here by the implicit purpose/wish expressed after 'después' — the speaker wants to be woken up by the kisses
sueña conmigo dreams of me / dreams about me
soñar governs the preposition con where English uses 'about' or 'of'; the pattern is soñar con + person/thing, not soñar de or soñar sobre
estaremos unidos we will be together / we will be united
estar + past participle (unidos) forms a resultant state construction; estaremos unidos uses the future of estar to express a future state, not a passive action — the focus is on the resulting condition of being together
estoy colgando I am hanging
estar + gerund forms the Spanish present progressive, equivalent to English 'to be doing something right now'; this construction (estar + -ando/-iendo) emphasises an ongoing state or action
no me dejes caer don't let me fall
dejar + infinitive means 'to let / to allow someone to do something'; the subjunctive dejes is used here because it follows a negative imperative construction (no + subjunctive = negative command)
de mi puño y letra in my own handwriting
de puño y letra is a fixed idiom meaning 'in one's own handwriting / written by one's own hand'; puño literally means 'fist' and letra means 'letter/handwriting', but together they form an expression not deducible word by word
las fotos cenando the photos of us dining
a gerund (cenando) used after a noun like fotos functions as a descriptive phrase, equivalent to 'photos of (us) dining'; Spanish uses the gerund where English might use a relative clause ('photos where we were dining')
estuvimos por Venezuela we were over in Venezuela / we spent time in Venezuela
por here conveys a sense of being 'around' or 'throughout' a place, rather than a precise location; estuvimos por Venezuela implies travelling through or spending time in the country, not just being at a single point
Y así me recuerdes so that you remember me
así used before a subjunctive verb expresses purpose, equivalent to 'so that'; the subjunctive recuerdes is triggered by this purpose meaning — a common pattern in Spanish lyrics and speech
tengas presente keep in mind / bear in mind
tener presente is a fixed expression meaning 'to keep something in mind / to bear in mind'; it is used here in the subjunctive (tengas) because it follows a purpose clause introduced by 'así'
No perderé la esperanza I won't lose hope
perder la esperanza is a fixed expression meaning 'to lose hope'; the future tense perderé expresses a firm personal commitment or promise about the future
esperanza de hablar hope of talking
esperanza governs the preposition de before an infinitive; the pattern is esperanza de + infinitive, parallel to English 'hope of doing something' — the preposition de is required and cannot be omitted
no me importa I don't care / it doesn't matter to me
importar works like gustar — the subject is the thing that matters, and the person is expressed with an indirect object pronoun (me); no me importa literally means 'it does not matter to me', not 'I don't matter'
beberme de ti lo prohibido to drink from you what is forbidden
the reflexive clitic -me attached to beber (beberme) adds an intensive or personal flavour, suggesting total absorption or indulgence; lo prohibido uses the neuter article lo + adjective to create a noun phrase meaning 'that which is forbidden / the forbidden thing'
lo prohibido the forbidden / that which is forbidden
lo + adjective is a productive Spanish construction that turns any adjective into an abstract noun; lo prohibido = 'the forbidden thing / what is forbidden'; compare lo bueno ('the good thing'), lo importante ('what is important')
me tienes en tus manos you have me in your hands
tener a alguien en sus manos is an idiomatic expression meaning 'to have someone in one's power / control'; it parallels the English idiom 'to hold someone in your hands', and the whole song uses 'colgando en tus manos' (hanging in your hands) as an extended metaphor of emotional vulnerability
quédate conmigo stay with me
quedarse (reflexive) means 'to stay / to remain'; plain quedar means 'to be left over' or 'to arrange to meet'; the reflexive completely changes the meaning; quédate is the affirmative imperative form with the clitic attached
No importa qué diga no matter what (it) says
no importa + subjunctive is a fixed concessive construction meaning 'no matter what/how'; the subjunctive diga is required after this expression of indifference — compare line 19 where no me importa qué dice uses the indicative because it is a direct statement rather than a concessive clause
Lo quiero todo de ti I want everything from you
lo quiero todo is a construction where lo anticipates the object todo ('everything'); todo de ti means 'everything about/from you'; this anticipatory lo is common in colloquial Spanish for emphasis
tu' labio' your lips
in Caribbean and Latin urban music, final -s is commonly dropped in speech and reflected in lyrics with an apostrophe; tu' labio' represents tus labios with elided final consonants — a feature of informal Caribbean Spanish pronunciation

Vocabulary to learn from “Colgando en tus manos”

The words the song uses most.

Verbs in the song, and the form being sung

Present tense for each; the highlighted row is the one you'll hear.

estar we will be

sung: estaremos irregular
estar — present tense
yo estoy
tú estás
él / ella / usted está
nosotros estamos
vosotros estáis
ellos / ustedes están

colgar hanging

irregular
colgar — present tense
yo cuelgo
tú cuelgas
él / ella / usted cuelga
nosotros colgamos
vosotros colgáis
ellos / ustedes cuelgan

enviar I send

sung: envío irregular
enviar — present tense
yo envío
tú envías
él / ella / usted envía
nosotros enviamos
vosotros enviáis
ellos / ustedes envían

saber I know

sung: sé irregular
saber — present tense
yo sé
tú sabes
él / ella / usted sabe
nosotros sabemos
vosotros sabéis
ellos / ustedes saben

tener you have / you keep

sung: tengas irregular
tener — present tense
yo tengo
tú tienes
él / ella / usted tiene
nosotros tenemos
vosotros tenéis
ellos / ustedes tienen

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