Santana – Oye Como Va

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  General Comment:Oye Como Va mi ritmo = Listen to my rhythm
  Bueno pa' gozar, mulato = Good to enjoy, baby (or cutie, girl, ... ) whatever you want to put in that sounds flattering.
  
  Note, the comma after the "good to listen to" The reference to Mulato is being used in a flattering way to refer to the lady he is speaking with, as a term of endearment, NOT to call her a prostitute as one person said which would definitely cause her to LEAVE IN A HUFF which is NOT what the song is designed to do. It's a song of seduction, not a song of hate.
  
  Instead of scrounging around in the dark with barely the understanding of the language, either ask someone who understand the culture and language or search on the Internet a little further. It is properly translated in countless places. Spanish isn't even my first language and I would know that a comma means SOMETHING!!!

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  General Comment:"Mulata" is a sexy, dark-skinned woman. The tone of voice you use when saying it can be complementory or derrogatory.

  Flag jedidivemasteron February 19, 2010   Link

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    Not derogatory at all in the Latin culture. When a Latino wants to say something derogatory, he is not going to waste time with subtlety & obvious misunderstanding of using that word. He will use other words that come right to the point, believe me. You are not understanding the connotations of that word in that culture at all. You are expecting everyone in the world to think the same as the people in the U.S. They don't.

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  General Comment:lol if u say the lyrics fast sounds like ure saying oi cum ova me lol sad i know but still thought i shud post it

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  General Comment:I just don't see where a word synonymous with prostitution could or would fit into this song, especially at the end of the main verse line. Yet another example of the "if it aint' drugs, it must be babes" school of song meaning interpretation.

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  General Comment:but you also have to remember the culture differences and prostitute isnt such a strict word.

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    If Carlos had meant "prostitute" he would have used a very different word, believe me!

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  General Comment:honoraryidiot, thankyou for being educated in spanish or just knowing the translation for this song but yeah this is a great song I'm listening to the abraxas tape right now
  Santana is amazing

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  General Comment:It basically means
  
  "Hey you, come here, come and feel my rhythm, prostitute"
  
  sorry if it ruins the song for anyone but "mulata" is slang for prostitute in spain

  Flag honoraryidioton December 10, 2006   Link

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    This person is so wrong!!!!!! Don't believe him! He really is as his handle says. No where in any spanish-speaking country is the term racist or derogatory. Only in the United States and only by some people is the term considered derogatory.
    
    In the Latin culture, the term is a perfectly acceptable term for referring to a person of mixed heritage. It means nothing bad.
    
    In this case, there is a comma before the word and an "a" at the end of the word, so he is using the word as a reference to the lady that he is trying to seduce with the song. So, put in your favorite English word, e.g. "baby"

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  General Comment:and... i don't think mulata is saying "it's from european and african descendence" that's the english definition.
  
  mulata is closer to...dark-skinned. or brown. maybe it's referring to....latino? or maybe a latino person?
  
  maybe "bueno pa gozar mulata" = "good to enjoy the latin woman" hahahaha
  
  bleh its times like this i wish i paid more attention in spanish class

  Flag kayteeohhon October 14, 2006   Link

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    Comma.

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  General Comment:does anybody know what he says in the beginning?
  
  it sounds like
  
  "rrrrrrrrrrr, sabor"
  
  which is, in english, i think,
  
  "rrrrrrrrrrr, flavor"
  
  but, yeah. i don't know if that's right.

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  General Comment:funky band funky song funk

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