What is the song about?

The singer looks out the window and decides what clothes to wear depending on the weather. First it is sunny and she chooses light clothes and sunglasses. Later it rains and she needs a jacket and boots. Then it snows and she looks for a coat, a scarf and gloves. At the end she gets ready for a party and wants to dress very elegantly. The chorus repeats the big everyday question: ¿Qué me voy a poner?

Useful vocabulary

Clothes and accessories

  • la blusa, el pantalón, el jersey, la chaqueta, el abrigo
  • las botas de lluvia, el cinturón, el reloj
  • la bufanda, los guantes, el gorro de lana, las gafas de sol
The weather
  • El sol calienta: it is hot.
  • El cielo es gris: it is cloudy.
  • Empieza a llover / a nevar: empezar a + infinitive.
  • El viento sopla: it is windy.
Expressions
  • ¿Qué me pongo?: the typical question when choosing clothes.
  • Me queda bien: the garment suits me, it looks good on me.
  • Lucir genial: to look great.
  • Para la ocasión: suitable for the occasion.
  • Ir de punta en blanco: to be very well dressed and put together.
  • Brillar: here, to stand out or attract attention in a positive way.
Regional variants: jersey and gafas are words from Spain; in Latin America, suéter and lentes or anteojos are more common. Lindo is more frequent in Latin America; in Spain, bonito is used more often.

Grammar

The verb ponerse (clothes)
Ponerse is reflexive when talking about clothes: me pongo, te pones, se pone. It is irregular in the first person: me pongo.

  • Me pongo una blusa.
The near future: ir a + infinitive
  • ¿Qué me voy a poner?
  • Una chaqueta me va a proteger.
  • Voy a brillar. Voy a llegar.
Notice that the pronoun can go before the verb ir (me voy a poner) or attached to the infinitive (voy a ponerme). Both forms are correct.

Quedar bien
It works like gustar: el gorro me queda bien, los guantes me quedan bien.

Mirarse al espejo
Me miro al espejo is a very common form; people also say me miro en el espejo.

Poetic license for rhyme

  • Un buen abrigo me voy a comprar and Un gorro de lana me queda bien put the object or the subject at the beginning in order to rhyme. In a normal conversation, you would say: Me voy a comprar un buen abrigo and Me queda bien un gorro de lana (or El gorro de lana me queda bien).
  • In the bridge, El estilo perfecto lo tienes tú appears suddenly to rhyme with luz. The sentence is correct, but it is not quite clear who the singer is talking to.