El anillo pa' cuando
What does "pa'" mean in the line from Jennifer Lopez's song "El anillo"? The whole line is "El anillo pa' cuando".

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El anillo pa' cuando
What does "pa'" mean in the line from Jennifer Lopez's song "El anillo"?  The whole line is "El anillo pa' cuando".

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Hi Leslie the word "pa" is the informal way to say "para" it's like the contraction of the word.

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It is a very informal yet expressive way of saying para. And in this particular case she means when are you going to ask my hand in marriage, hence the ring.

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Hola Leslie.
Pa' es una contraccion de la palabra "para".
El anillo para cuando?

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