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Las Mañanitas. "Las Mañanitas" Spanish pronunciation: [las maɲaˈnitas] is a traditional Mexican [1] birthday song written by Mexican composer Alfonso Esparza Oteo. It is popular in Mexico, usually sung early in the morning to awaken the birthday person, and especially as part of the custom of serenading women.
The original meaning was similar to "the game is afoot", but its modern meaning, like that of the phrase "crossing the Rubicon", denotes passing the point of no return on a momentous decision and entering into a risky endeavor where the outcome is left to chance. alenda lux ubi orta libertas: Let light be nourished where liberty has arisen
List of Latin phrases (V) This page is one of a series listing English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek rhetoric and literature started centuries before the beginning of Latin literature in ancient Rome. [ 1] This list ...
La Isla Bonita. For the island nicknamed "La isla bonita", see La Palma. For the album by Deerhoof, see La Isla Bonita (album). " La Isla Bonita " (Spanish for "The Beautiful Island") is a song by American singer Madonna from her third studio album True Blue (1986). Patrick Leonard and Bruce Gaitsch created it as an instrumental demo and ...
The fish's name comes from the Portuguese and Spanish bonito (there's no evidence of the origin of the name), identical to the adjective meaning 'pretty'. However, the noun referring to the fish seems to come from the low and medieval Latin form boniton, a word with a strange structure and an obscure origin, related to the word byza, a possible borrowing from the Greek βῦζα, 'owl'.
Canción Bonita. " Canción Bonita " ( transl."Pretty Song") is a song recorded by Colombian singer Carlos Vives and Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin for Vives' sixteenth studio album, Cumbiana II. It was written by Andrés Torres, Rafa Arcaute, Martin, Vives, and Mauricio Rengifo, while the production was handled by Torres, Rengifo and Arcaute.
English: On the heights of a steep mountain range a regiment was encamped, and a young woman bravely follows them, madly in love with the sergeant. Popular entre la tropa era Adelita la mujer que el sargento idolatraba que ademas de ser valiente era bonita que hasta el mismo coronel la respetaba. Popular among the troop was Adelita,
Bonita (Antônio Carlos Jobim song) " Bonita " (meaning "Pretty" in English) is a bossa nova song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics in English credited to Gene Lees and Ray Gilbert . According to Brazilian author Ruy Castro, Jobim composed the song in 1963, after being inspired by "a young woman, Candice Bergen, whom he had the ...