What it's about

The singer opens the door and shows us their house, room by room: the hallway, the kitchen, the living room, the bathroom, and the bedroom. For them, the house is a refuge. In the bridge, they recall the saying «Como en casa, en ningún sitio»: what matters is not things, but peace at the end of the day and living with family.

Useful vocabulary

Parts of the house

  • la puerta, el pasillo, la cocina, el salón, el baño, el dormitorio, la pared, las ventanas, el techo, el rincón
  • el cuarto and la habitación are general words for any space in the house. El hogar is the house as a place where you live and feel good.
Furniture and objects
  • el refrigerador, la mesa, el sofá, el sillón, la televisión, el espejo, la cama, la lámpara, el armario, los muebles, los cuadros
Expressions
  • está al lado: it is next to another room.
  • el tiempo vuela: time passes very quickly.
  • tener mucho que contar: to have many stories.
  • me siento al cien: I feel great. It is a colloquial expression, widely used in Mexico.
  • Como en casa, en ningún sitio: a saying. It means that there is no better place than your home.
  • Bienvenido a mi hogar: an expression for welcoming someone.
Regional differences
  • In Spain, people say nevera or frigorífico. In much of Latin America, they say refrigerador.
  • Salón is very common in Spain. In Latin America, sala is heard more often.
  • The bedroom is also called habitación, cuarto, or, in Mexico, recámara.

Grammar

  • Present indicative to talk about what you do: abro, entro, voy, leo, enciendo. Notice the vowel change in encender → enciendo.
  • Reflexive verbs: me lavo, me siento.
  • Watch out for me siento: it can come from sentarse or from sentirse.
  • Me siento en la mesa comes from sentarse: I take a seat.
  • Me siento al cien comes from sentirse: I am doing very well.
  • Ir a + infinitive for the near future: donde voy a dormir.
  • Me gusta + infinitive: me gusta estar.
  • Querer + infinitive: quiero descansar.
  • Donde to talk about places: donde el tiempo vuela, donde voy a dormir.
  • Importar agrees with what matters: No importan las ventanas (plural).
  • Entrar a and entrar en: both forms appear in the song. Entrar a is more frequent in Latin America and entrar en in Spain.

Careful: poetic license for rhyme

  • «Es mi refugio cuando tengo sed»: thirst doesn't make much sense here. It is there to rhyme with pared. Normally you would say es mi refugio cuando estoy cansado or something similar.
  • «en el mundo mundial»: this is a humorous and redundant phrase in colloquial speech. In a normal text, you simply say en el mundo.
  • «Una cama cómoda para descubrir»: this is a phrase forced by the rhyme with dormir. It is not a common expression.
  • «Miro en el espejo»: the natural way to say it is me miro en el espejo.
  • «Me siento en la mesa»: the most correct form is me siento a la mesa (to eat). En la mesa can be understood as «on top of the table».