Puntería Lyrics in English by Shakira, Cardi B
Puntería literally translates to "aim" or "marksmanship," the skill of hitting a target with precision. It's a word you won't find in the average love song, making it a unique addition to your vocabulary.
In this track, Shakira uses it as a clever metaphor for seduction. She sings, "Tú tienes buena puntería / Sabes por dónde darme pa' que quede rendida" (You have good aim / You know where to hit me so that I surrender), describing a lover who knows exactly how to target her heart and desires with unerring accuracy.
Colombian superstar Shakira teams up with Cardi B for "Puntería", a playful pop track all about falling for someone who is terrible for you simply because their aim is too good. The title word puntería means "aim" or "marksmanship", and Shakira spends the chorus admitting that even though this person is bad news ("Tú a mí no me convienes" ["You're no good for me"]), their physical chemistry makes her forget every red flag ("Pero en tu cama o la mía / Todo eso a mí se me olvida" ["But in your bed or mine, I forget all of that"]). She compares their charm to darts hitting her heart ("Me tiras dardos, van directo al corazón" ["You throw darts at me, they go straight to my heart"]) and uses the classic idiom "donde pone el ojo pone la bala" (literally ["where he puts his eye, he puts the bullet"], meaning he never misses his target).
Cardi B jumps in with bilingual swagger, calling Shakira "Loba" ["She-Wolf"] in a nod to Shakira's famous wolf persona while calling her lover "mi tigre" ["my tiger"]. She throws in sharp cultural references, contrasting her roots in the New York borough of the Bronx with having a curvy "Georgia peach", and boldly dubs other men "estos bobos" ["these fools"] who run out of energy too quickly. It is an energetic, direct anthem about weakness for total physical attraction: even when common sense tells you to run, bad judgment wins the night every single time.
