Corazón Partío
by Alejandro Sanz
Graded C1- on words that look easy, and the reason is pronunciation rather than vocabulary. Look at the adjective partío. Standard Spanish writes a d in the middle of that ending; across much of southern Spain the d disappears in speech, and Sanz writes what he sings. Once you have met this you stop hearing carelessness and start hearing an accent, which is the most useful single adjustment for understanding real Spanish. The nouns are a study in the abstract — alma, pena, ilusión, destino, suerte, veneno. The imperatives miénteme and llévame again glue a pronoun onto the end of the verb. Not a first card; a very good third or fourth one.
How to study this song
The card for “Corazón Partío” is built from 72 study entries at B2+: 33 Spanish words, 7 adjectives and 32 verb forms. The glossary is the place to begin — alma, calma and cariño are the song’s keywords. This one leans on its verbs: 32 distinct forms against 7 adjectives, so conjugation is where the effort goes. At this level the words on their own are not the problem — it is the way they are put together that takes the work.
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Vocabulary
| ES | EN | IT | FR | PT | NL | DE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| alma | soul | anima | âme | alma |
What this song teaches you
Level · B2+
- Vocabulary words
- 33
- Adjectives
- 7
- Word combos
- 10
- Expressions
- 9
- Verb forms
- 32
- Quiz questions
- 35
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About the song
“Corazón Partío” is the signature ballad of the Spanish singer-songwriter Alejandro Sanz, released in 1997 as the centrepiece of his album “Más”.
Blending pop songwriting with flamenco phrasing, warm piano and swelling brass, the song laments a “broken heart” with the raw, conversational emotion that became Sanz’s trademark.
Its title uses the colloquial Andalusian pronunciation “partío” instead of the standard “partido”, dropping the middle “d” exactly as many speakers do in everyday southern Spanish — a small detail that gives the song its intimate, spoken-from-the-heart feel.
It appeared on “Más”, released on 3 November 1997 and produced by Miguel Ángel Arenas and the Italian arranger Emanuele Ruffinengo.
Did you know?
The parent album “Más” became one of the best-selling records in Spanish chart history and turned Alejandro Sanz into one of the biggest artists in the Spanish-speaking world.
“Corazón Partío” has been covered and sampled many times and remains the song audiences most expect at his concerts. Sanz would go on to win more Latin Grammy Awards than any other artist, but this mid-1990s ballad is still widely regarded as the track that defined his sound.
Charts & streaming
Powered by “Corazón Partío”, the album “Más” topped the Spanish chart and sold in the millions, ranking among the best-selling albums ever released in Spain.
The single dominated Spanish radio for months and became a lasting standard of Spanish-language pop, helping establish Alejandro Sanz as an international headline act across Europe and Latin America.