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Hi everyone, it's Daniel. u/AnnualMap2244 and I have been doing song breakdowns and I broke down VeLDÁ, I wanted to post it here as people liked the last one.

Me diste follow y te di followback
You followed me and I followed you back

Me diste: The verb dar (to give) in the preterite indicative tense (second-person singular), combined with the indirect object pronoun me

Follow / Followback: Loanwords from English used as nouns. 

Me diste like y yo te di dos pa'trá'
You liked my post and I gave you two back

Yo te di: The verb dar (to give) in the preterite indicative tense (first-person singular), emphasizing the subject yo (I) to show a reciprocal action. 

Pa'trá': A contraction of para atrás (literally "towards behind"). Usually para translates to "to" or "for," but in this context, when combined with atrás, it works exactly like the English word "back" in the sense of a return action.

Toma, al otro día me pusiste en los close friends
Take that, the next day you put me on your "close friends" list

Toma: An interjection used to express surprise or to highlight a result. It is technically the imperative mood of the verb tomar (second-person singular).

Pusiste: The irregular verb poner (to put) in the preterite indicative tense (second-person singular). 

Eso es lo que tú quieres, ma
That’s what you want, babe

Quieres: The verb querer (to want) in the present indicative tense (second-person singular). 

Ma: A shortened, colloquial form of mami. In the Caribbean, it is used as a term of endearment for a woman.

Those are the first few lines typed out, the rest can be read here at https://buenospanish.com/lyrics/bad-bunny/velda (which also has the other songs we've done). Hope you like it!

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