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Rosalía talks about her favorite words in Catalan

The singer chooses 'navel', 'shelter' and 'whisper' in an interview on 'Billboard Latino'

Rosalía at the Roig Arena in Valencia
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12/11/2025
2 min

Barcelona"Hello, I'm Rosalía and here's my dictionary, which includes some words in Catalan and Spanish": it begins the video that the singer has uploaded to the YouTube channel of Billboard LatinThe artist from Sant Esteve Sesrovires, who has garnered a great deal of media attention in recent weeks following the release of her latest album, Lux, Teach and explain what your favorite words are.

Among them, there are whisper“I love how it sounds,” she says. The same word, the singer continues, describes what it means: “Something very soft, very subtle.” In fact, Whispering is one of the options that is always cited as a favorite when surveys are conducted.The other word that teaches thousands of users is belly button"It's a lot." cute"!", Rosalía affirms, who in this dictionary intertwines Catalan, Spanish, and English. And the last Catalan word that the singer adores is shelter"It's a very beautiful paula," she says. "It means it shelters you, it's like a cabin where you can protect yourself from the rain, from the water..."

The artist also gives some lessons in Spanish. His favorite words in this language are: tremendous, I wish -because, as he says, it's like Allah in Spanish and means "God willing"—, fooling around and tabletopThis last word, she explains, "is part of our culture": "It's talking while you eat dessert, make coffee, or have a digestif; it's enjoying time with your loved ones," she affirms. Another word she highlights is friend"It's a beautiful word, you can use it anytime and in every context. And, as a tip, if you travel to Spain, he says you should learn to say:"Coffee with milk in an iced glass".

The singer also fluctuates between different languages in LuxUp to thirteen languages, including Catalan, Italian, French, Arabic and Hebrew.

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