There is a song which I thought was named "Cielito linda" Could you please tell me what that means? Thanks

Question

"Cielito linda" Name of a popular song learned at school 1940s

Cielito Lindo is the name of the song. Welcome to the forum Doreen - margaretbl, Jan 18, 2011

Answer 1

I did a google search and found it without any trouble. There is a Wikipedia entry all about it.

Answer 2

"Celito lindo" was one of the first songs I learned to play on the saxophone when i was a teen, I had often wondered what it meant. The best I can manage as a direct translation is "beautiful little sky" but as i recall the singer is referring to his "novia" so it would become "beautiful little heaven" as Dakie is saying.

I'm sure there is more to find on the net.

Thanks very much. I often wondered what it meant too! Hence the question! - DoreenM, Jan 18, 2011

your very welcome Doreen!. - pacofinkler, Jan 18, 2011

Answer 3

Welll, let's see it. Don';t arouse my curiosity and then leave me hanging.

cielito lindo

Out of further curiosity why is it cielito linda? Is this another one of those words like ángel that has no feminine form. Oops. The name of the song is cielito lindo

YouTube.

cielo

1. my love, my dear (nombre cariñoso)

Thanks. I didn't mean to leave you 'hanging'. I was just going on memory and have not seen the written words. Thanks, too, for the correct name of the song! - DoreenM, Jan 18, 2011

Now you've done it -- I can't get this tune out of my head!! lol :) - pesta, Jan 18, 2011

Answer 4

The song is Cielito lindo, and it means something like Cute little heaven, and I say "something like" because cielito is the diminutive for "cielo", and there are some diminutives in Spanish that can be translated and some others don't. On the other hand, I don't know if you use an affective word related to "heaven" in english but here Cielito is one of them.

Thank you. That is just what I needed to know. I was going on a memory of 60 years ago! - DoreenM, Jan 18, 2011