Sicario
Timal
How to study this song
The card for “Sicario” is built from 88 study entries at B1+: 45 French words, 8 adjectives and 35 verb forms. Start with the glossary: sicarios, l'barrio and l'fuego come up again and again, so they are the ones to know first. This one leans on its verbs: 35 distinct forms against 8 adjectives, so conjugation is where the effort goes. At this level part of the list will already be familiar; the rest is what closes the gap.
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
| FR | EN | ES | IT | PT | NL | DE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sicarios | hitmen | sicarios | sicari | sicários | huurmoordenaars | Auftragsmörder |
| barrio | barrio, neighbourhood | barrio | quartiere | bairro | wijk | Barrio, Viertel |
| fuego | fire | fuego | fuoco | fogo | vuur | Feuer |
| médicament | medicine | medicamento | medicinale |
What this song teaches you
Level · B1+
- Vocabulary words
- 45
- Adjectives
- 8
- Word combos
- 4
- Expressions
- 18
- Verb forms
- 35
- Quiz questions
- 35
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Background
About the song
Timal is one of the more prolific French rappers of his generation, and «Sicario» is a compact example of what he does: a first verse of street logistics, a chorus in which a woman asks to be taken far away — as far as Rio — and a second verse that drifts between Spanish loanwords and brand names. The official video was published on 23 July 2026. The Spanish borrowings are not decoration: French rap has been absorbing Spanish and Latin American vocabulary for years, and here they carry the chorus.
Did you know?
Almost every «je» in the song is written as «j’» — the mute e that French drops when speaking but usually keeps when writing. There are more than twenty of them, which makes the track an unusually honest transcript of spoken French.
Charts & streaming
The official video was published on 23 July 2026.