Translation: "It feeds on excuses."

- **Se**: reflexive pronoun meaning "itself," showing the action turns back on the subject.
- **alimenta**: "feeds" or "nourishes" (third-person singular of *alimentar*).
- **de**: "on" or "from."
- **pretextos**: "pretexts," "excuses," or "made-up reasons."

In the song, Shakira personifies her love as a living being that keeps itself alive by inventing excuses. This underscores how irrational and unstoppable the feeling has become—it doesn’t need logic; it just keeps finding new reasons to persist.

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