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Translation-Strut - Spanish --> English

mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
edited March 2008 in Strut Central
My Spanish sucks and Babelfish isn't helpful. I'm trying to translate the lyrics to "Micaela" (Pete Rodriguez) and I'm getting stuck on one of the main refrains:"Que se boto"?I've seen the word "boto" show up on several sites but in context (it means "dull" or "stupid"), I don't think it makes sense with the song but wtf do I know?

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  • ostost Montreal 1,375 Posts
    "boto" comes from "botar" which is to through out or throw away....
    "Que se boto" = "What was thrown out?" or "What was thrown away?"
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    Hmm...I should have quoted the entire chorus:

    Ay ay ay micaela se boto
    Que se boto
    Que se boto
    Ay ay ay micaela se boto
  • hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
    Can you divshare the mp3?
  • ostost Montreal 1,375 Posts
    Hmm...I should have quoted the entire chorus:

    Ay ay ay micaela se boto
    Que se boto
    Que se boto
    Ay ay ay micaela se boto

    audio would be king...
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    sure, once I get home
  • hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
    Sounds like it's probably "se bot??" with the accent on the second syllable, which would be the preterite (past tense). Sounds like Micaela just left him.
  • ostost Montreal 1,375 Posts
    Yeah , but it's definitely in context .... I'm thinking "se boto" = "our love was thrown away" or something but unless the track is played it would be difficult. Who knows, it migt even be "voto"(b & v are pronounced practically the same in spanish). Although I'd be surprised if it's about a vote/voting.
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    The track:

  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    thanks rey. Do you know other covers of the song besides Pedrito, Tony Done and Cinco De Oro's?
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    thanks rey. Do you know other covers of the song besides Pedrito, Tony Done and Cinco De Oro's?
    I do in fact--there's also a cover by Manny Bolone & His Latin Boys:

  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    gracias!
  • LurkalotLurkalot 41 Posts
    What the song is saying is that he was dancing with Micaela, and Micaela "went all out" "did that thing" (se boto). She danced so well that she surpassed her partner.

    Te botaste (you went all out)
    Se boto "(he/she went all out)
  • ostost Montreal 1,375 Posts
    "y cuando yo bailo con ella,
    atras me dejo"
    "and when I dance with her,
    she left me behind"
    But that's not proper spanish, it should be "y cuando yo baile con ella, atras me dejo" or "cuando yo bailo con ella, atras me deja"
    Basically he's saying how she's a great dancer and it sounds like she's too good of a dancer for him to the point where she kept dancing without him.
    Si in this case it sounds like "se boto"="she through herself away"(on the dance floor)
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    Ay ay ay micaela se boto = micaela is tearin' da club up.
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    Another version:

    Los Cinco De Oro: Micaela.
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