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“Não Quero Dinheiro” meaning

Tim Maia · 1971 · 🇧🇷 Brazil · Level A2

Brazilian soul from Tim Maia: "I don't want money, I just want to love". Everyday phrases over a groove.

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What the song is about

“Não Quero Dinheiro (Só Quero Amar)” — I don't want money, I just want to love — is a 1971 song by Tim Maia, the larger-than-life father of Brazilian soul. He's going to ask her to come back, to stay, to forget the fight; money means nothing, all he wants is love.

Tim Maia brought American soul and funk to Brazil, mixed with samba and baião, and this is one of his most loved songs: horns, a big groove, and a chorus everyone sings.

The language is everyday and repetitive: vou pedir (I'm going to ask), voltar (to come back), ficar (to stay). The “ir + infinitive” future is all over it, just as in Spanish.

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Level A2 · Everyday phrases

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