| La temen en la vecindad
| They fear her in the neighborhood
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| Porque su lengua
| because his tongue
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| es veneno mortal.
| it is deadly poison.
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| Si no sabe algùn chisme, lo inventa
| If he doesn't know some gossip, he makes it up
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| el caso es hablar por hablar.
| the case is to speak for speaking's sake.
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| La cotilla, la cotilla…
| The gossip, the gossip...
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| Vigila de noche el portal,
| Watch the portal at night,
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| siempre pendiente
| always pending
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| de quien viene y va.
| of who comes and goes.
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| Sus ojos a medio cerrar,
| Her eyes half closed,
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| parece que duerme y… ya, ya.
| she looks like she's sleeping and… now, now.
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| La cotilla, la cotilla…
| The gossip, the gossip...
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| De di’a se asoma al balco’n,
| By day she looks out on the balcony,
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| no falta a ninguna reunio’n.
| he does not miss any meeting.
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| Se sabe la vida y milagros de,
| It is known the life and miracles of,
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| de quien oidas informacio’n.
| Who did you hear information from?
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| La cotilla, la cotilla…
| The gossip, the gossip...
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| La cotilla, la cotilla…
| The gossip, the gossip...
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| Que caiga quien caiga es igual,
| Whoever falls falls is the same,
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| que sea mentira o verdad,
| whether it's a lie or a truth,
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| que màs da,
| what difference does it make,
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| lo que importa es contarlo en secreto
| what matters is telling it in secret
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| a todo aquel que lo quiera
| to everyone who wants it
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| escuchar.
| to listen.
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| Es la cotilla, la cotilla…
| It's the gossip, the gossip...
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| Por ella en alguna ocasio’n
| For her on some occasion
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| no llega a puerto
| does not arrive at port
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| feliz un amor,
| happy one love,
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| pues un casto beso que vio
| Well, a chaste kiss that she saw
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| en horrible
| in horrible
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| aborto cambio'.
| abortion change'.
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| La cotilla, la cotilla…
| The gossip, the gossip...
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| El mundo por ella giro',
| The world turned around for her,
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| al son de corneta
| to the sound of a cornet
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| y tambor,
| and drum,
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| y el pan nuestro de cada di’a
| and our daily bread
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| o el veneno que habi’a en su voz.
| or the poison that was in her voice.
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| La cotilla, la cotilla…
| The gossip, the gossip...
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| La cotilla, la cotilla…
| The gossip, the gossip...
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| A tiras le quita la piel
| To strips he removes the skin
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| al que en desgracia
| to which in misfortune
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| le llegue a caer,
| I came to fall,
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| y despuès se santigua diciendo
| and then he crosses himself saying
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| que Dios nos libre de èl.
| May God save us from him.
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| La cotilla, la cotilla…
| The gossip, the gossip...
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| No cesa jamàs de espiar
| It never stops spying
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| y en su cerebro parece anotar
| and in his brain he seems to write down
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| las cosas y casos que ve
| the things and cases that she sees
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| y que luego los repite
| and then repeats them
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| al revès.
| the other way around.
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| Es la cotilla, la cotilla…
| It's the gossip, the gossip...
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| Para ella es
| for her it is
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| un deporte màs —
| one more sport —
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| hablar mal de los demàs.
| speak ill of others.
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| Y jura que
| And she swears
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| es de buena tinta lo,
| it is of good ink,
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| lo que se acabo' de inventar… | what was just invented... |