Nociva is the feminine form of nocivo, meaning something (or someone) that is harmful, damaging or toxic.
Manuel Turizo sings "Lejos de ti, como si fueras nociva" to portray his lover as a negative influence he must escape from. It’s a vivid, less-common adjective that packs emotional punch and will stick in learners’ minds.
Manuel Turizo is here with a breakup song that's more about exhaustion than anger. He's walking away from a relationship that felt like a black hole. The opening line sets the scene perfectly: "Aunque está amaneciendo, todo se oscureciĂł" (Even though it's dawning, everything got dark). He tried everything, but his partner was a constant source of unhappiness. He uses this great image of her being emotionally distant: "TĂş siempre seca aunque afuera llovĂa" (You were always dry even when it was raining outside).
He admits that if it were up to him, he would have stayed. The problem wasn't a lack of love, but her unending sadness: "Pero siempre estabas triste" (But you were always sad). He even points out her "ojos rojos" (red eyes) weren't from smoking, but from crying. In the end, he had to leave for his own good. He says, "me tiraste al suelo y yo me recogĂ" (you threw me to the ground and I picked myself up). It's a song about realizing you can't fix someone else's sadness, and sometimes the only choice is to save yourself.
Manuel Turizo was studying to be a veterinarian in MonterĂa, on Colombia's Caribbean coast, when a song he and his older brother Julián put out themselves in 2016 took over Latin radio. "Una Lady Como TĂş" sets Julián's ukulele against Manuel's low baritone, and its video has since passed two billion views on YouTube. He was sixteen then, born in MonterĂa in April 2000 into a family of musicians.
His debut album ADN (2019) reached number eight on Billboard's Top Latin Albums with Ozuna, Nicky Jam, Anuel AA and Sech along for the ride, and "Sola" gave him his first Latin Airplay number one. Dopamina followed in 2021, then 2000 in 2023, the album built around "La Bachata": number six on the Billboard Global 200, number one in Spain, and fifteen weeks atop the Argentina Hot 100. He has recorded with Marshmello ("El Merengue") and Shakira ("Copa VacĂa"), and his fifth album Apambichao, released in April 2026, goes back to Colombian merengue and vallenato with Maluma on the title track.