The Indigo Girls song: Nuevas Senoritas.
What exactly does "nueva" mean in this context? The dictionary I have gives several slighthly different translations, each of which changes the song slightly.
we blew off immigration
the moon was sitting high
we drove from lacandon into comitan
and gloria was singing
and cecelia closed her eyes
and i saw them
drifting out over the night sky
i said neuva senoritas
are you gone to brighter days
have you found your greener valley
and the place where your heart stays
i'm headed back to the flatlands
and you're headed up to the hills
rain brings you home middle of july
i guess i just got lonesome
when i think about how you feel
six months gone
and no one to dry your eyes
[repeat chorus x2]
Or I would settle for Amy Ray's phone number ... *sigh*
2007-01-24 22:50:52 · 6 answers · asked by abetterfate 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
unless "nueva senorita" is an idiom for something (literally, new Miss - or maiden) then I would translate it as "new girl" (it's incorrectly pluralised, in Spanish the adjective also gets an "s" and would generally follow the noun it's describing, ie: "Senoritas nuevas").
Can't help you with the phone number either :( Try posting this in the Languages category. Oh and just because the words are in Spanish, doesn't mean they have to make sense when translated. I can think of a few songs where the lyricist has employed a non-native language in their lyrics and mucked up the sense of the song because it doesn't mean what they think it does.
2007-01-24 22:58:48 · answer #1 · answered by unclefrunk 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nueva is new .....
but i am not going to give you the translation because i think that is better for you to know where to go when or if this problem arrises again... i use my internet... you can type up to 100 words in to this thing and it will translate it in to any language you could think up...
http://www.rock3.co.uk/translate.shtml
the words are correct and you will find that you will have fun looking up all those words you wanted to know how to call the neighbor but couldn't get anyone to tell you! Now life is so much better...
smilez
2007-01-25 00:00:04 · answer #2 · answered by smilezply 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its on e of them slang spanish terms, Its like hello or good day. Nuew Day to be exact. Nueva means NEW!
2007-01-25 00:21:17 · answer #3 · answered by david s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
New Women/Ladies.
2007-01-25 01:49:45 · answer #4 · answered by Ebony Goddess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out Bubblefish.com. It's a translator.
love ya ,
me :)
2007-01-25 01:19:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nuevas Senoritas.................................. New Ladies
2007-01-24 23:08:54 · answer #6 · answered by popo dean 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋