# "Spanish Bombs" Spanish Lyrics

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 2, 2002, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-bombs-spanish-lyrics/117016 "2002-07-02T12:53:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-bombs-spanish-lyrics/117016/1 "2002-07-02T12:53:15Z")

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In the vein of the question about “Here Comes the Sun King”, does anyone know what the Clash are singing (in Spanish) in the song “Spanish Bombs”? I once asked a Spanish speaking friend of mine about this, but she claimed it was all nonsense.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-bombs-spanish-lyrics/117016/2 "2002-07-02T14:54:01Z")

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From what I recall it’s just something like “Yo te quiero y finito, yo te querda, o ma corazon” (misspelled and but phonetically spanglish ala Clash)-- It’s just something banal, like “I want you and that’s all, I want you, oh my dear-heart.” The reason your Spanish friend probably couldn’t understand it and I with my BAAAAD high school Spanish can is because it’s so bad, I expect, and to anyone that actually KNOWS Spanish it sounds like Hell.

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**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2002, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-bombs-spanish-lyrics/117016/3 "2002-07-02T15:55:43Z")

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> \*Originally posted by capybara \*  
> \*\*From what I recall it’s just something like “Yo te quiero y finito, yo te querda, o ma corazon” (misspelled and but phonetically spanglish ala Clash)-- It’s just something banal, like “I want you and that’s all, I want you, oh my dear-heart.” The reason your Spanish friend probably couldn’t understand it and I with my BAAAAD high school Spanish can is because it’s so bad, I expect, and to anyone that actually KNOWS Spanish it sounds like Hell. \*\*

Yep. My high school Spanish teacher said it was basically a bad imitation of Spanish (though she was barely functional in Spanish herself).

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**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-bombs-spanish-lyrics/117016/4 "2002-07-03T16:04:53Z")

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Cool! Thanks.

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**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2002, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-bombs-spanish-lyrics/117016/5 "2002-07-04T00:19:14Z")

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Eh…from what capybara posted, the lyrics can also be “I love you and that’s all, I love you, my darling”…querer is “To want” or another form of “To love”