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How do you translate "te llevo metido"?

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In the song, "El Emigrante" sung by Juanito Valderrama, there is the following phrase: "Adiós me España querida, dentro de mi alma te llevo metido". How do you translate "te llevo metido"?

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updated Apr 8, 2011
posted by John-G
"mi España querida" - 00e657d4, Nov 20, 2009

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Doesn´t this mean "you are always with me", because it is about leaving their beloved Spain.

updated Nov 20, 2009
posted by Eddy
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"Adiós mi España querida, dentro de mi alma te llevo metido". How do you translate "te llevo metido"?

It looks to me like "dentro de mi alma te llevo metido" means something like "I carry you clasped within my soul."

Llevar something metido dentro de mi alma, would carry the sense of being stuck tightly or firmly... deep within the soul.

updated Nov 20, 2009
edited by Valerie
posted by Valerie
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I looked up the song because I was curious about the meaning of the sentence too, and I found the "metido" is actually "metida" in the song. I still didn't really know what the end of the phrase meant, so I translated the song and this is what is means:

"And goodbye my beloved Spain, within my soul I've been stuck..."

Hope that helps! I'll be interested to see what other users write, because I don't really understand the word "metida" in Spanish.

updated Nov 20, 2009
posted by ajwilsonhoos