when I'm singing the groove for you

15:30 Jul 22, 2010
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English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: when I'm singing the groove for you
I'm doing it all for you
but youre letting me down
you better turn around
when I'm singing the groove for you
all all for you
daydreamer


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4 +1cuando canto mi mejor canción para ti / la canción que mejor me sale para ti / la canción que me...
Rafael Molina Pulgar
4mientras canto esta melodía penetrante para tí, sólo y exclusivamente para tí
Isabel Conde
4cuando estoy cantando con buena onda
eski
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daydreamer,
Leonardo Lamarche

  

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when i'm singing the groove for you
cuando canto mi mejor canción para ti / la canción que mejor me sale para ti / la canción que me...


Explanation:
gusta más / que más disfruto.

groove (grv)
n.
1. A long narrow furrow or channel.
2. The spiral track cut into a phonograph record for the stylus to follow.
3. Slang A settled routine: got into the groove of a nine-to-five job.
4. Slang A situation or an activity that one enjoys or to which one is especially well suited: found his groove playing bass in a trio.
5. Slang A very pleasurable experience.
v. grooved, groov·ing, grooves
v.tr.
1. To cut a groove or grooves in.
2. Baseball To throw (a pitch) over the middle of home plate, where it is likely to be hit.
v.intr. Slang
1.
a. To take great pleasure or satisfaction; enjoy oneself: just sitting around, grooving on the music.
b. To be affected with pleasurable excitement.
2. To react or interact harmoniously.
Idiom:
in the groove Slang
Performing exceptionally well.
[Middle English groof, mining shaft, probably from Middle Dutch groeve, ditch; see ghrebh-2 in Indo-European roots.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
groove [gruːv]
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a long narrow channel or furrow, esp one cut into wood by a tool
2. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) the spiral channel, usually V-shaped, in a gramophone record See also microgroove
3. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) one of the spiral cuts in the bore of a gun
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part; sulcus
5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Mountaineering) Mountaineering a shallow fissure in a rock face or between two rock faces, forming an angle of more than 120°
6. a settled existence, routine, etc., to which one is suited or accustomed, esp one from which it is difficult to escape
7. Slang an experience, event, etc., that is groovy
in the groove
a. (Music) Jazz playing well and apparently effortlessly, with a good beat, etc.
b. US fashionable
vb
1. (tr) to form or cut a groove in
2. (intr) Dated slang to enjoy oneself or feel in rapport with one's surroundings
3. (Music) (intr) Jazz to play well, with a good beat, etc.
[from obsolete Dutch groeve, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German gruoba pit, Old Norse grof]

Rafael Molina Pulgar
Mexico
Local time: 22:32
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 198

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Monica Quijano
5 days
  -> Gracias, Mónica.
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when i'm singing the groove for you
mientras canto esta melodía penetrante para tí, sólo y exclusivamente para tí


Explanation:
puede ser también: sólida, vigorosa, enérgica (en lugar de penetrante ) dependiendo del resto del contexto



5. music musical beat: a strong beat or rhythm in music ( slang )



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Isabel Conde
Argentina
Local time: 01:32
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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when i'm singing the groove for you
cuando estoy cantando con buena onda


Explanation:
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Saludos,
eski


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...para ti

eski
Mexico
Local time: 22:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Reference: daydreamer,

Reference information:
This reference might be of help (number 5):
groove (grv)
n.
1. A long narrow furrow or channel.
2. The spiral track cut into a phonograph record for the stylus to follow.
3. Slang A settled routine: got into the groove of a nine-to-five job.
4. Slang A situation or an activity that one enjoys or to which one is especially well suited: found his groove playing bass in a trio.
5. Slang A very pleasurable experience

Leonardo Lamarche
Venezuela
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16
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