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Me Hace Daño Verte

Fresto Music

Me Hace Daño Verte by Fresto Music, line by line: what the lyrics mean, 27 expressions explained and 464 words translated with their grammar. Learn Spanish from the song, free.

84 lines translated 464 words explained 27 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. Me hace daño verte

    It hurts me to see you

  2. Quisiera que te fueras

    I wish you would leave

  3. Diera todo por tener el poder

    I'd give anything to have the power

  4. Que desaparecieras

    For you to disappear

  5. Trato de olvidarte

    I try to forget you

  6. De cualquier manera

    Any way I can

  7. Pero se me está haciendo imposible

    But it's becoming impossible for me

  8. Si sales donde sea

    If you go out anywhere

  9. Si sales donde sea que voy caminando

    If you go out wherever I happen to be walking

  10. En una pareja que se están besando

    In a couple that's kissing

  11. En el arcoíris con que te maquillas

    In the rainbow of colors you use for your makeup

  12. Si no estás llorando

    If you're not crying

  13. En toda la calle veo tu sonrisa

    All along the street I see your smile

  14. Que sugiere tanto como Mona Lisa

    As evocative as the Mona Lisa

    The Mona Lisa (La Gioconda), painted by Leonardo da Vinci, is famous for her enigmatic, ambiguous smile — often described as simultaneously suggesting many emotions. The singer uses this reference to say his ex's smile is equally mysterious and evocative.

  15. Se me acaba la poesía

    I'm running out of poetry

  16. Se me va la vida mía, si te vuelvo a ver

    My life slips away if I ever see you again

  17. Y si te vuelvo a ver

    And if I see you again

  18. Te juro por Dios que me mato

    I swear to God I'll kill myself

    'Te juro por Dios que me mato' is hyperbolic language common in Latin pop and everyday speech, expressing extreme despair rather than literal intent. Swearing by God (jurar por Dios) is a culturally emphatic oath used across the Spanish-speaking world.

  19. Quisiera que me caiga un rayo

    I wish a bolt of lightning would strike me

  20. Un meteorito y desaparecer

    A meteorite, and then disappear

  21. Y si tú me ves

    And if you see me

  22. Seguro que me pongo raro

    I'm sure I'll act strange

  23. Porque sigo enamorado

    Because I'm still in love

  24. De tus ojos color café

    With your coffee-colored eyes

    'ojos color café' (coffee-colored eyes) is a classic romantic trope in Latin music. café in this context means brown, since coffee is brown — it is a poetic and common way to describe brown eyes in Spanish-language songs.

  25. Me hace daño verte

    It hurts me to see you

  26. Ojalá supieras

    I wish you knew

  27. Desear tu muerte no es suficiente

    Wishing for your death isn't enough

  28. Si es que se pudiera

    If only it were possible

  29. No te pido tanto

    I'm not asking for that much

  30. Porque aunque me duela

    Because even though it hurts me

  31. Tengo que aceptar y reconocer

    I have to accept and acknowledge

  32. Que sales donde sea

    That you go out anywhere

  33. Si sales donde sea que voy caminando

    If you go out wherever I happen to be walking

  34. En una pareja que se están besando

    In a couple that's kissing

  35. En el arcoíris con que te maquillas

    In the rainbow of colors you use for your makeup

  36. Si no estás llorando

    If you're not crying

  37. En toda la calle veo tu sonrisa

    All along the street I see your smile

  38. Que sugiere tanto como Mona Lisa

    As evocative as the Mona Lisa

  39. Se me acaba la poesía

    I'm running out of poetry

  40. Se me va la vida mía si te vuelvo a ver

    My life slips away if I ever see you again

  41. Y si te vuelvo a ver

    And if I see you again

  42. Te juro por Dios que me mato

    I swear to God I'll kill myself

  43. Quisiera que me caiga un rayo

    I wish a bolt of lightning would strike me

  44. Un meteorito y desaparecer

    A meteorite, and then disappear

  45. Y si tú me ves

    And if you see me

  46. Seguro que me pongo raro

    I'm sure I'll act strange

  47. Porque sigo enamorado

    Because I'm still in love

  48. De tus ojos color café

    With your coffee-colored eyes

  49. De tus ojos color café, yeh yeh yeh

    Your coffee-colored eyes, yeah yeah yeah

  50. Tú no te imaginas lo que yo daría

    You can't imagine what I would give

  51. Por sacarte de mi mente

    To get you out of my mind

  52. Mira que lo intento, lo intento

    I really do try, I really do try

  53. Y lo intento y siempre estás presente

    And I try, and you're always there

  54. Tanto tiempo que he tratado

    I've been trying for so long

  55. Y no he logrado olvidarte

    And I haven't managed to forget you

  56. Mira que lo intento y lo intento

    I really do try and try

  57. Y no lo logro

    And I can't do it

  58. Yo no sé qué tú me echaste

    I don't know what you put on me

    The line 'yo no sé qué tú me echaste' alludes to the folk belief in brujería (witchcraft) or love spells common in Caribbean and Latin American cultures, where someone might 'put something on you' to make you fall hopelessly in love.

  59. Ay, Dios, devuélveme la paz de mis días

    Oh God, give me back the peace of my days

  60. Cuando todavía no la conocía

    Back when I still didn't know her

  61. Solo le pido al cielo

    All I ask of heaven is

  62. La oportunidad de rehacer mi vida

    The chance to rebuild my life

  63. Diera todo por saber

    I'd give anything to know

  64. Cual es el truco, el secretico

    What the trick is, the little secret

    The diminutive secretico (instead of secreto) is characteristic of Caribbean Spanish, especially Colombian and Venezuelan dialects, where diminutives are used very freely to add warmth, playfulness, or intimacy — not necessarily to indicate small size.

  65. Ojalá ella misma me lo diga

    I hope she'll tell me herself

  66. Ay, dame tu truquito, tu secretico

    Oh, give me your little trick, your little secret

  67. (Dame tu truquito, tu secretico)

    (Give me your little trick, your little secret)

  68. Dímelo despacio, dímelo bajito

    Tell me slowly, tell me softly

  69. Yo no sé, yo no sé, yo no sé tu truquito

    I don't know, I don't know, I don't know your little trick

  70. (Dame tu truquito, tu secretico)

    (Give me your little trick, your little secret)

  71. Que no te puedo sacar de mi corazoncito

    I just can't get you out of my little heart

  72. Me tiene enamorao'

    She's got me head over heels in love

  73. Me tienes enredao' en tu jueguito

    You've got me all tangled up in your little game

  74. (Dame tu truquito, tu secretico)

    (Give me your little trick, your little secret)

  75. Habla, Pepito, ¿cómo está la cosa en México?

    Go ahead, Pepito, how are things in Mexico?

    Pepito is a common generic nickname in Latin America, similar to 'buddy' or 'pal' in English. It is often used in jokes and informal address. The shout-out to México suggests the song was performed live or recorded with a Mexican audience in mind.

  76. Ahora baila, baila rico

    Now dance, dance, baby!

    'baila rico' uses rico as a manner adverb meaning 'nicely / great / deliciously.' In Caribbean Spanish (especially Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Colombian), rico is widely used colloquially to mean 'really well' or 'great,' not just 'rich' or 'delicious.'

  77. (Dame tu truquito, tu secretico)

    (Give me your little trick, your little secret)

  78. Oye, si te gustó, repíteme este corito

    Hey, if you liked it, sing this little chorus with me

  79. Quieres que te diga

    Do you want me to tell you

  80. Lo enamorado que me tienes

    How much you've made me fall in love with you

  81. Solo pienso en ella

    All I can think about is her

  82. No me interesan más mujeres

    I'm not interested in any other women

  83. Tiene todo el derecho

    He has every right

  84. De creerse todo lo que se comente

    To believe everything people say about her

Expressions and idioms in “Me Hace Daño Verte”

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

Me hace daño It hurts me
hacer daño is a fixed expression meaning 'to hurt' or 'to cause harm.' The indirect object pronoun me indicates who is hurt. Literally 'makes harm to me,' but in English we simply say 'it hurts me.'
Quisiera que te fueras I wish you would leave
quisiera is the imperfect subjunctive of querer used as a polite or wistful conditional ('I would like / I wish'). It triggers the subjunctive in the subordinate clause: te fueras (imperfect subjunctive of irse, the reflexive form of ir meaning 'to leave/go away').
Diera todo por I would give anything / everything for
diera is the imperfect subjunctive of dar used as a conditional ('I would give'). The construction diera todo por + infinitive means 'I would give everything to (do something),' expressing a strong wish.
Trato de olvidarte I try to forget you
tratar de + infinitive is the standard construction for 'to try to do something.' The preposition de is required and cannot be dropped, unlike English 'try to.'
se me está haciendo imposible it is becoming impossible for me
hacerse + adjective means 'to become.' The double pronoun construction se me signals that the subject (the situation) is doing something to the speaker involuntarily. estar + gerund (está haciendo) forms the present progressive. Together: 'it is making itself impossible for me,' i.e., 'it is becoming impossible for me.'
donde sea anywhere / wherever
donde sea is a fixed expression using the present subjunctive of ser. It means 'wherever it may be,' i.e., 'anywhere.' The subjunctive sea signals indefiniteness or generality.
voy caminando I am walking / I go walking
ir + gerund (voy caminando) is a periphrastic construction expressing ongoing or progressive action, similar to the English present progressive. It emphasizes the action as happening in motion.
se están besando they are kissing each other
se with estar + gerund (están besando) forms a reciprocal progressive construction. The reflexive/reciprocal se indicates the action is mutual ('kissing each other'), while estar + gerund gives the progressive aspect.
te maquillas you put on your makeup
maquillarse is a reflexive verb meaning 'to put on makeup / to do one's makeup.' The reflexive te indicates the subject performs the action on herself. The plain verb maquillar means 'to apply makeup (to someone else).'
Se me acaba la poesía I am running out of poetry
acabársele algo a alguien is a common construction meaning 'to run out of something.' The structure mirrors gustar: the thing running out (la poesía) is the grammatical subject, and me is the indirect object (the person who runs out). Literally 'the poetry runs out on me.'
vuelvo a ver I see again
volver a + infinitive is a very common periphrastic construction meaning 'to do something again.' It is the standard way to express repetition of an action in Spanish, equivalent to 'again' in English.
Se me va la vida My life slips away / I lose my life
irse + indirect object pronoun is a construction expressing something slipping away from someone involuntarily. Se me va la vida literally means 'life goes away from me,' conveying a sense of losing one's life or vitality.
me pongo raro I act weird / I become strange
ponerse + adjective is the standard construction for expressing a change of state or becoming something, especially temporary emotional or behavioral changes. It differs from ser (permanent quality) and estar (current state without implying change).
sigo enamorado I am still in love
seguir + adjective/participle means 'to continue to be' or 'to still be' in a certain state. It emphasizes the continuation of a condition. Compare with seguir + gerund, which means 'to keep doing something.'
Ojalá supieras I wish you knew
ojalá always triggers the subjunctive. With the imperfect subjunctive (supieras), it expresses a wish that is unlikely or contrary to current reality: 'I wish you knew (but you don't).' With the present subjunctive it would express a more hopeful wish.
aunque me duela even though it hurts me
aunque + subjunctive expresses a concession about something uncertain or hypothetical. doler works like gustar: the thing that hurts is the grammatical subject, and me is the indirect object. The subjunctive duela (rather than indicative duele) signals the speaker's acceptance of the pain as a given condition.
Tengo que aceptar I have to accept
tener que + infinitive is the primary construction for expressing obligation in Spanish, equivalent to 'have to' or 'must' in English. It is one of the most essential modal constructions to learn.
he tratado I have tried
haber + past participle forms the present perfect tense in Spanish. he tratado = 'I have tried.' This tense is used to describe past actions with relevance to the present, just as in English.
no he logrado olvidarte I haven't managed to forget you
lograr + infinitive means 'to manage to do something / to succeed in doing something.' Combined with the present perfect (no he logrado), it expresses a failure to achieve something up to the present moment.
qué tú me echaste what you put on me / what spell you cast on me
echar algo a alguien in colloquial Caribbean Spanish can mean 'to put something on someone' in the sense of casting a spell or giving someone a potion. The singer implies she has bewitched him. This is a culturally specific usage of echar.
le pido al cielo I ask of heaven
pedir + indirect object (le) + a is the standard construction for 'to ask something of someone.' The preposition a introduces the person/entity being asked. le refers to el cielo (heaven).
Ojalá ella misma me lo diga I hope she herself will tell me
ojalá + present subjunctive (diga) expresses a hopeful wish that is possible. ella misma adds emphasis ('she herself'). me lo is a double object pronoun: me (indirect, 'to me') + lo (direct, 'it'). In Spanish, double object pronouns always precede the conjugated verb.
no te puedo sacar de mi corazoncito I can't get you out of my little heart
sacar de means 'to take out of / to remove from.' poder + infinitive expresses ability or possibility ('can'). The diminutive corazoncito (from corazón) adds affection and emotional tenderness to the expression.
Me tienes enredao' en tu jueguito You've got me all tangled up in your little game
tener + someone + adjective/participle is a construction meaning 'to have/keep someone in a certain state.' enredado (colloquially enredao') means 'tangled up / caught up.' The diminutive jueguito softens juego but here carries a slightly ironic or playful tone.
pienso en ella I think about her
pensar en + person/thing means 'to think about someone/something.' The preposition en is required in Spanish where English uses 'about.' This is a key verb-preposition pairing to memorize.
Tiene todo el derecho He has every right
tener derecho (a) is a fixed expression meaning 'to have the right (to).' todo el derecho intensifies it to 'every right / full right.' The a + infinitive that would normally follow is implied here.
lo que se comente what people say
se + verb in the 3rd person is the impersonal construction in Spanish, equivalent to 'one says' or 'people say' or the English passive 'it is said.' The subjunctive comente here is triggered by the context of reported or uncertain speech.

Vocabulary to learn from “Me Hace Daño Verte”

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.

ver to see you

sung: veo irregular
ver — present tense
yo veo
tú ves
él / ella / usted ve
nosotros vemos
vosotros veis
ellos / ustedes ven

dar I would give

sung: diera irregular
dar — present tense
yo doy
tú das
él / ella / usted da
nosotros damos
vosotros dais
ellos / ustedes dan

estar is

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

ser it may be / whatever

sung: sea irregular
ser — present tense
yo soy
tú eres
él / ella / usted es
nosotros somos
vosotros sois
ellos / ustedes son

tener to have

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

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