Beautiful
Christina Aguilera
How to study this song
The card for “Beautiful” is built from 54 study entries at A1+: 17 English words, 12 adjectives and 25 verb forms. The glossary is the place to begin — words, pain and doom are the song’s keywords. This one leans on its verbs: 25 distinct forms against 12 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
| EN | ES | IT | FR | PT | NL | DE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| words | palabras | parole | mots | palavras | woorden | Worte |
| pain | dolor | dolore | douleur | dor | pijn | Schmerz |
| doom | fatalidad | rovina | fatalité | desgraça | onheil | Verhängnis |
This card holds 14 more words. You meet them when you play the song.
Adjectives
What this song teaches you
Level · A1+
- Vocabulary words
- 17
- Adjectives
- 12
- Word combos
- 3
- Expressions
- 10
- Verb forms
- 25
- Quiz questions
- 35
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Background
About the song
Written by Linda Perry and released in November 2002 as the second single from «Stripped», «Beautiful» arrived at a point when Christina Aguilera was being discussed mostly for her image. The song answers that directly: it is about words failing to do damage. The verses admit to insecurity and shame without dressing them up, and the chorus refuses the verdict anyway. It was quickly adopted as an anthem well beyond its original context, particularly within LGBTQ+ communities.
Did you know?
Linda Perry reportedly kept the demo vocal take because of how unguarded it sounded, and the released recording stays close to that first reading.
Charts & streaming
Released 16 November 2002 on RCA, from the album «Stripped» (October 2002). It won the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 2004 and remains one of Aguilera’s signature recordings.