En qué estrella estará
by Nena Daconte
How to study this song
“En qué estrella estará” carries 17 Spanish words, 4 adjectives and 31 verb forms — 52 study entries in all, graded A2+. The glossary is the place to begin — estrella, ángel and noche are the song’s keywords. This one leans on its verbs: 31 distinct forms against 4 adjectives, so conjugation is where the effort goes. At this level the goal is recognition: hear a word, place it, keep going.
The words of this song, in several languages
Every word below is taken from this song and translated by us. Nothing here is the lyric itself — these are the individual words you need in order to follow it.
Vocabulary
| ES | EN | IT | FR | PT | NL | DE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| estrella | star | stella | étoile | estrela | ster | Stern |
Adjectives
| ES | EN | IT | FR | PT | NL | DE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| verde | green | verde | vert | verde | groen | grün |
This card holds 3 more adjectives. You meet them when you play the song.
Verb forms
| ES | EN | IT | FR | PT | NL | DE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| he | I have (auxiliary) | ho (ausiliare) | j'ai (auxiliaire) | tenho (auxiliar) | ik heb | ich habe (Hilfsverb) |
What this song teaches you
Level · A2+
- Vocabulary words
- 17
- Adjectives
- 4
- Word combos
- 4
- Expressions
- 10
- Verb forms
- 31
- Quiz questions
- 35
Background
About the song
Nena Daconte were a Spanish duo whose songs tended to hide something painful inside a light arrangement, and this is a clear example. The singer has invented an angel in two colours, speaks to it quietly in case it is listening, and looks for it in the street. The question in the title is asked about someone who is not there, and the song never says who.
Did you know?
The future tense in the title is not about the future at all: Spanish uses it to guess about the present, so the question means «where can it be right now?».
Charts & streaming
Released 23 July 2006. It was one of the singles that established the duo in Spain before their 2008 album.