Oye Como Va lyrics

Someone said "gozar" means dance. That's false. Oye como va mi ritmo is (hey, how goes my rhythm) and "gozar" is to enjoy.

It's good (bueno) to enjoy (gozar) dark girls (mulata is a mixed girl). To my knowledge, "gosar" with an "s" is not a word. However, in much of latin america, the "z" in gozar is pronounced like an "s"--like it is in andalusia. As opposed to the castiliano pronunciation which would be "gothar. " so the "s" mistake is a colloquial error.

No quiero! .. No quiero!

Hey you - how's it goin? Do u like my rhythm? I wanna have fun with the dark skinned ladies

Oye como va -> hey, how's it going (cuban greeting) - mi ritmo -> my rythm - bueno pa gozar -> good to enjoy - mulata -> no clue why this word is in this song but it fits nicely. Good thing there are only nine words.

A lot of translators here are separating the lines.

"oye come va mi ritmo" is one sentence, just because they sing is with a small pause after "oye come va" and "mi ritmo" doesn't mean in translation we should break it up.

I would translate it as "listen to how my rhythm goes. "

The same applies to "bueno para gozar mulata. " even though there's a small pause in the way it's sung - it's also only one sentence.

"good for having fun with dark skinned ladies. "

Too many of you take a literal meaning word for word and that's not what translation is.

Translation is getting across the idea of the artist when he wrote it. Broken up it doesn't translate or make sense.

My mexican friends say it means:: i see where my rhythms going,its good to dance to ,for tan skinned women:: gozar means dance and mulatta is tan skinned women

Oye! Listen up, y'all !

Como va mi ritmo .. Bueno pa gozar
to how great my rhythm is going/flowing, for your enjoyment

(la música) mulata
a mixed blend (for a mixed audience)

Well, it's actually "gozar" with a z, and as others have translated it correctly, simply means to enjoy. Tito puente, the author, was of puerto rican ancestry. In seven years of living in puerto rico and public school classes there i never heard the word used for anything more than simply to enjoy - in this case his rhythm, or have a good time listening to his music. I like the suggestion that mulata could refer, simbolically, to the mixed type of music. Makes sense.

I think that the meaning of "gozar" intended is like having sexual pleasure, not only enjoy. I guess, that he, on purpouse, used a two meaning word.

The reference to mulata is a analogy. Hey! Check out my rhythm! It's good to listen to, a blend of african and spanish rhythms.