Song guide

Loco Contigo

DJ Snake, J Balvin, Tyga

Loco Contigo by DJ Snake, J Balvin, Tyga, line by line: what the lyrics mean, 20 expressions explained and 343 words translated with their grammar. Learn Spanish from the song, free.

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. Tú me tienes loco, loco contigo

   You drive me crazy, crazy about you

2. Yo trato y trato, pero baby, no te olvido (no te olvido)

   I try and try, but baby, I can't forget you (I can't forget you)

3. Tú me tienes loco, loco contigo (come on)

   You drive me crazy, crazy about you (come on)

4. Yo trato y trato, pero baby, aquí yo sigo (okay, okay)

   I try and try, but baby, here I still am (okay, okay)

5. Ma-, mam-, mami tú eres una champion

   Ma-, mam-, mama, you're a champion

   mami is a term of endearment widely used in Latin American and Caribbean Spanish (and US Latino culture) to address an attractive woman — it does not literally mean 'mother' in this context, despite the literal meaning

6. Ram-pa-pa-pam-pam con un booty fuera de lugar

   Ram-pa-pa-pam-pam with a booty that's out of this world

   the 'Ram-pa-pa-pam-pam' is an onomatopoeic percussion sound imitating a drum pattern — a common device in reggaeton and Latin trap to mimic the beat before a lyrical phrase

7. Una cintura chiquita, mata la cancha

   A tiny waist that owns the floor

   cancha is a Latin American Spanish word for a sports court or field (basketball, tennis, etc.); 'matar la cancha' borrows from sports language to say someone dominates the social scene

8. Tú estás fuera de lo normal (yeah)

   You're out of the ordinary (yeah)

9. Tú lo bates como la avena de abuela

   You work it just like grandma's oatmeal

   comparing someone's dance moves to stirring grandma's oatmeal is a humorous, affectionate compliment rooted in Caribbean culture — it evokes a smooth, practiced, rhythmic motion passed down through generations

10. Hay muchas mujures pero tú ganas por fela'

    There are lots of women but you win hands down, fela'

    fela' (also spelled 'pela') is Dominican and Puerto Rican slang meaning 'by far' or 'easily' — it is commonly used in Caribbean Spanish to intensify a comparison

11. Enseñando mucho y todo por fuera

    Showing a lot, and it's all on the outside

12. Tu diseñador no quiso gastar en la tela

    Your designer didn't want to spend money on the fabric

    this line is a playful joke about revealing or skimpy clothing — the 'designer' used so little fabric that it seems intentional; it is a common trope in reggaeton and Latin pop lyrics

13. Oh mamá, tú eres la fama

    Oh mama, you're the talk of the town

    mamá / mami in reggaeton is almost always a term of admiration for an attractive woman, not a reference to one's actual mother — English equivalents might be 'girl' or 'babe'

14. Estás conmigo y te vas mañana

    You're here with me and you're leaving tomorrow

15. Cuando lo mueves, todo me sanas

    When you move it, you heal me completely

16. Eres mi antídoto cuando tengo ganas

    You're my antidote whenever I feel the urge

17. Oh mamá, tú eres la fama

    Oh mama, you're the talk of the town

18. Estás conmigo y te vas mañana

    You're here with me and you're leaving tomorrow

19. Cuando lo mueves, todo me sanas

    When you move it, you heal me completely

20. Eres mi antídoto cuando tengo ganas

    You're my antidote whenever I feel the urge

21. Tú me tienes loco, loco contigo

    You drive me crazy, crazy about you

22. Yo trato y trato, pero baby, no te olvido (no te olvido)

    I try and try, but baby, I can't forget you (I can't forget you)

23. Tú me tienes loco, loco contigo (come on)

    You drive me crazy, crazy about you (come on)

24. Yo trato y trato, pero baby, aquí yo sigo

    I try and try, but baby, here I still am

25. Oh I make it hot (hot), your body on top (top)

    Oh I'm making it hot (hot), your body on top (top)

26. Kiss me up (up), wanna lip lock (lock)

    Kiss me up (up), wanna lip lock (lock)

27. Party won't stop (stop), and it's four o'clock (clock)

    The party won't stop (stop), and it's four o'clock (clock)

28. Iced out watch (ice), I can get you one, yeah

    Iced-out watch (ice), I can get you one, yeah

29. Tell your best friend, she get one too (she get one too)

    Tell your best friend, she's getting one too (she's getting one too)

30. Girls wanna have fun, I'm who they run to

    Girls want to have fun, I'm who they run to

31. Move, move, your body know you want to

    Move, move, your body knows you want to

32. One, two, baby I want you (ooh)

    One, two, baby I want you (ooh)

33. Cute face, lil' waist (yeah), move to the base (base)

    Cute face, little waist (yeah), move to the beat (beat)

34. That ass need to see (see), you consider me (ah)

    That ass needs to see (see), you consider me (ah)

35. That's my old girl, yeah, she an antique

    That's my old girl, yeah, she's an antique

36. You got that new body (yeah), you an art piece (ah)

    You've got that new body (yeah), you're a work of art (ah)

37. You like salsa (yeah), I'm saucy (drip)

    You like salsa (yeah), I'm saucy (drip)

38. Caliente, muy caliente (caliente, caliente, caliente, ayy, ayy)

    Hot, so hot (hot, hot, hot, oh, oh)

    caliente literally means 'hot' (temperature), but in this context it carries the double meaning of 'sexy' or 'passionate' — a very common usage in Latin pop and reggaeton

39. Tú me tienes loco, loco contigo

    You drive me crazy, crazy about you

40. Yo trato y trato, pero baby, no te olvido (no te olvido)

    I try and try, but baby, I can't forget you (I can't forget you)

41. Tú me tienes loco, loco contigo (come on)

    You drive me crazy, crazy about you (come on)

42. Yo trato y trato, pero baby, aquí yo sigo

    I try and try, but baby, here I still am

43. Tú pide lo que quieras, lo que quieras, lo que quieras (yeah, yeah, yeah)

    Ask for whatever you want, whatever you want, whatever you want (yeah, yeah, yeah)

44. Que yo lo hago a tu manera, a tu manera, a tu manera

    Because I'll do it your way, your way, your way

45. Dale mueve la camera como lo hacia Selena

    Go on, move the camera like Selena used to

    Selena refers to Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (1971–1995), the iconic Tejano singer known as the 'Queen of Tejano music' — her energetic stage presence and camera charisma made her a cultural touchstone across Latin America and the US

46. Tú no tienes ataduras, vamo' a romper la cadena

    You have no ties — let's break the chain

    romper la cadena (break the chain) is a metaphor for liberation from social constraints or a past relationship — cadena (chain) is a recurring symbol of restriction in Latin music and poetry

Expressions and idioms in “Loco Contigo”

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

loco contigo crazy about you

contigo is the fused form of con + ti (the stressed form of 'you' after prepositions) — Spanish uses special prepositional pronouns conmigo, contigo, consigo instead of con + mí/ti/sí

Tú me tienes loco you drive me crazy

tener + adjective is used idiomatically to describe a state someone causes in another person — literally 'you have me crazy', but the pattern tener + object pronoun + adjective means 'to make/drive someone [adjective]'

no te olvido I can't forget you

olvidar used with an indirect object pronoun (te) means 'to forget someone' — the pronoun precedes the verb; the construction is no + object pronoun + verb

aquí yo sigo here I still am / here I remain

seguir in this context means 'to still be' or 'to keep on being' in a place or state — it is not about following but about continuing/persisting; the subject pronoun yo is stressed for emphasis

fuera de lugar out of place / extraordinary

fuera de lugar is a fixed expression meaning 'out of place'; in slang and reggaeton lyrics it is used hyperbolically to mean something is so impressive it seems to defy normal standards

mata la cancha owns the floor / kills it on the court

matar la cancha is a Latin American colloquial expression meaning to dominate or excel in a space — literally 'to kill the court/field'; matar (to kill) is used figuratively to mean 'to crush it'

fuera de lo normal out of the ordinary / beyond normal

fuera de + noun/article + adjective is a productive pattern meaning 'beyond' or 'outside of' something — here lo normal uses the neuter article lo to turn the adjective into an abstract noun meaning 'what is normal'

lo bates como you work it just like

batir means 'to beat/whip/stir' (as in mixing food); used figuratively in reggaeton for the way someone moves their body — the comparison como + reference creates a vivid simile

ganas por fela' you win hands down

ganar por + expression of margin is a sports-derived construction meaning 'to win by [margin]'; fela' is Caribbean slang (from Dominican Spanish) meaning 'by far' or 'easily', making the phrase mean 'you win by a mile'

todo por fuera all on the outside / all for show

por fuera is a fixed adverbial phrase meaning 'on the outside / externally'; todo por fuera implies that everything is surface-level or for display — a contrast with inner substance

no quiso gastar en didn't want to spend on

querer + infinitive means 'to want to do something'; in the preterite (quiso), no quiso + infinitive often implies a deliberate refusal — 'didn't want to / refused to'; gastar en governs the preposition en for the thing money is spent on

eres la fama you are the talk of the town / you are famous

ser + la fama uses the definite article la to make fama (fame/reputation) into a predicate noun — 'you ARE fame itself'; this is stronger than 'you are famous' and implies the person embodies fame

te vas you leave / you're going away

irse (ir + reflexive se/te) means 'to leave / to go away' — it is a reflexive meaning-shift: plain ir means 'to go (somewhere)', while irse emphasises departure from the current place

tengo ganas I feel like it / I have the urge

tener ganas (de) is a fixed expression meaning 'to feel like doing something' or 'to have the desire/urge'; ganas on its own means desire or eagerness — the phrase is not deducible from tener (to have) alone

lo que quieras whatever you want

lo que + subjunctive is a relative clause meaning 'whatever' — the subjunctive (quieras rather than quieres) signals that the referent is indefinite or open-ended; this is a key pattern for expressing 'whatever/anything that'

a tu manera your way / in your style

a + possessive + manera is a fixed prepositional phrase meaning 'in [someone's] way/style' — the preposition a is required here where English uses no preposition before 'your way'

como lo hacía the way she used to do it

the imperfect tense (hacía) expresses a habitual or repeated past action — 'used to do'; lo refers back to the action (moving the camera); como lo hacía + name is a pattern meaning 'the way [person] used to do it'

Dale go on / come on / do it

dale is the imperative of dar (to give) + the clitic le, but it functions as a multi-purpose interjection/encouragement in Latin American Spanish meaning 'go ahead', 'come on', 'do it', or even 'okay' — its meaning is entirely idiomatic

no tienes ataduras you have no ties / you're free

tener + noun in a negative sentence (no tener + noun) expresses the absence of something — 'to have no [noun]'; ataduras (bonds/ties) is used metaphorically for emotional or social constraints

vamo' a romper let's break

vamos a + infinitive is the standard construction for 'let's do something' (ir a + infinitive in 1st person plural); vamo' is the colloquial elided form of vamos common in Caribbean Spanish — the final -s is dropped

Vocabulary to learn from “Loco Contigo”

The words the song uses most.

• loco crazy adjective ·12
• tratar I try / I treat verb ·12
• tener you have verb ·9
• ser you are verb ·5
• querer wanted / refused verb ·4
• olvidar I forget verb ·3
• seguir I continue / I follow verb ·3
• estar you are verb ·3
• todo everything / all adjective ·3
• ir you go verb ·3
• mover you move verb ·3
• la manera way / manner noun ·3

Verbs in the song, and the form being sung

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

Grammar you'll meet in this song

• Present47
• Present subjunctive3
• Imperative3
• Preterite1
• Imperfect1

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