How to Say ‘Let's sing Las Mañanitas!’ in Mexican Spanish
¡Vamos a cantar Las Mañanitas!
BAH-mohs ah kahn-TAHR lahs mah-nyah-NEE-tahs
[BAH-mohs ah kahn-TAHR lahs mah-nyah-NEE-tahs]
🇲🇽 In Mexico: Someone usually calls this out as the cake arrives with lit candles. The birthday person just listens while everyone else sings.
Phrase Breakdown
¡Vamos a cantar
BAH-mohs ah kahn-TAHR
Let's sing
Say 'BAH-mohs ah kahn-TAHR' with excitement. 'Vamos a' plus a verb means 'let's'.
¡Vamos a cantar ahora!
Let's sing now!
Words in this phrase
Vamos
[BAH-mohs]
Let's
Used to make a suggestion or give an instruction involving both the speaker and the listener.
Vamos a la fiesta.
Let's go to the party.
a
[ah]
to
Personal a used before a specific person as the direct object in Spanish.
Veo a Ana en las reuniones familiares.
I see Ana at family gatherings.
cantar
[kahn-TAHR]
to sing
Infinitive of the verb to sing, used after 'vamos a'.
Vamos a cantar juntos.
Let's sing together.
Las Mañanitas!
lahs mah-nyah-NEE-tahs
Las Mañanitas (the traditional Mexican birthday song)
Say 'lahs mah-nyah-NEE-tahs'. This is the name of the classic Mexican birthday song. It literally means 'the little mornings'.
Cantamos Las Mañanitas a mi abuela.
We sang Las Mañanitas to my grandmother.
Words in this phrase
Las
[lahs]
the
Plural feminine definite article used before feminine plural nouns.
Las barras están bien dibujadas.
The bars are well drawn.
Mañanitas
[mah-nyah-NEE-tahs]
Las Mañanitas (traditional birthday song)
Name of the traditional Mexican birthday song; literally 'little mornings'.
Le cantamos Las Mañanitas a mi abuela.
We sang Las Mañanitas to my grandmother.
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