Gatuna is a fun and poetic adjective that literally means "feline" or "cat-like". It's the feminine form of gatuno.
In the song, Ricky Martin creates a vivid image by singing "sigue bailando la luna, luna gatuna" (the moon keeps dancing, the cat-like moon). This paints a picture of the moon being sly, agile, and mysterious as it moves across the night sky, just like a cat. It's a creative and memorable word that perfectly captures the playful, all-night party vibe of "La Bomba".
Ricky Martin is here to tell you about a special drink called "La bomba" [The Bomb]. What is it? Well, according to him, it's a drink that will change your life! The recipe sounds pretty magical: "Agua de risa / Con unas gotas de rosa / Y una aceituna sabrosa" [Water of laughter / With some drops of rose / And a tasty olive]. Just one tiny drop is enough to make you go "loca divertida" [fun crazy], and the whole song is about the wild party that happens when you drink it.
This isn't just any party, though. It's an "intensamente vivida" [intensely lived] night where the energy just keeps building. People are dancing, doing half-turns and then another, and the singer is getting driven wild by it all. The effects of "la bomba" are powerful—soon, "sale volando la ropa" [the clothes go flying off] and even the "luna gatuna" [cat-like moon] starts dancing. It's a picture of a night where everyone lets go completely, feeling joyful and uninhibited.
Ricky Martin was turned down by Menudo twice for being too short. The third audition worked, and in 1984 Enrique Martín Morales joined the Puerto Rican boy band at twelve, staying past his age-mandated retirement until July 1989. Two solo ballad albums followed, Ricky Martin (1991) and Me Amarás (1993), before he changed direction.
A Medio Vivir (1995) carried "María", his first hit well beyond Latin America, and Vuelve (1998) carried "La Copa de la Vida", the official song of that year's World Cup in France. He sang it at the 1999 Grammy Awards, where Vuelve took Best Latin Pop Performance, and that spring "Livin' la Vida Loca" spent five weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 as the lead single from his first English-language album. He has gone on recording in Spanish throughout: Almas del Silencio (2003), and A Quien Quiera Escuchar (2015), which won Best Latin Pop Album. He came out publicly in 2010, and his foundation campaigns against human trafficking.