Learn Portuguese With Myra Ruiz with these 3 Song Recommendations (Full Translations Included!)

Myra Ruiz
LF Content Team | Updated on 2 February 2023
Learning Portuguese with Myra Ruiz's music is fun, engaging, and includes a cultural aspect that is often missing from other language learning methods. It is also great way to supplement your learning and stay motivated to keep learning Portuguese!
Below are 3 song recommendations by Myra Ruiz to get you started! Alongside each recommendation, you will find a snippet of the lyric translations with links to the full lyric translations and lessons for each of the songs!
CONTENTS SUMMARY
Ódio (Hate)
Queridíssimos e foférrimos Mamis e Papis
Meu caro pai
Houve uma mudança
No meu quarto de manhã
Dearest and cutest Mommies and Daddies
My dear father
There was a change
In my room this morning

Ódio throws us straight into the most dramatic first-impression disaster you can imagine. Picture two new roommates: one is flamboyantly blonde, bubbly and adored (Galinda), the other is more serious, unusual and instantly judged as “impossible to describe.” The moment their eyes meet, sparks fly… the bad kind. Heartbeats race, blood boils and every tiny detail of the other girl's existence—her nose, her voice, even the way she breathes—becomes unbearable. The lyrics exaggerate this “hate at first sight” with comic flair, turning raw irritation into a playful, over-the-top anthem that is as funny as it is fierce.

Behind the shouting and mock melodrama lies a tongue-in-cheek lesson: our strongest dislikes often reveal how much attention we secretly give the other person. By screaming “Ódio!” together, the singers actually share an electric connection, hinting that extreme emotions can flip into friendship once the storm calms. With its rapid-fire rhymes, soaring harmonies and theatrical humor, the song invites listeners to laugh at their own snap judgments while enjoying a high-energy clash of personalities that only a musical could deliver.

Tudo Mudou (Everything Changed)
Ouvi dizer
Que sempre existe uma razão
Pros encontros
São momentos pra aprender
I heard
There's always a reason
For meetings
They're moments to learn

Tudo Mudou (Everything Changed) is a heartfelt duet where Myra Ruiz and Fabi Bang celebrate the magical way people can change each other’s lives. The lyrics picture destiny at work: chance meetings have a purpose, just like a comet finding the sun or a river flowing into the sea. Every encounter is a classroom, and this particular friendship becomes the teacher that turns old pain into new wisdom, lighting up the singer’s world with fresh hope.

The song is both a thank-you note and a gentle apology. Even if the two friends never cross paths again, their bond has already left an everlasting imprint. With vivid images—wind pushing a sail into open water, rain creating a garden in the desert—the singers show how love, forgiveness, and gratitude can transform everything inside us. In the end, the message rings clear: it does not matter if the story ends happily or sadly, because what truly counts is the powerful change sparked by meeting someone who makes you better.

Todo Bem Tem Seu Preço (Every Good Thing Has Its Price)
(Eleka nahmen nahmen
Tum tum eleka nahmen
Eleka nahmen nahmen
Tum tum eleka nahmen)
(Eleka nahmen nahmen
tum tum eleka nahmen
Eleka nahmen nahmen
tum tum eleka nahmen)

Todo Bem Tem Seu Preço pulls you into a swirl of magic words and pounding drums as the witch calls on the chant “Eleka nahmen…” to protect the one she loves. At first, the spell feels invincible—skin that cannot bruise, bones that never break—but the moment it falters, she is hit by a painful truth: even heroic intentions can invite disaster, and the people of Oz are quick to repay charity with suspicion.

Reeling from Fiyero’s apparent loss, she questions whether her good deeds were really selfless or just a way to be accepted. That doubt curdles into rage, and the song becomes her fiery declaration that “every good has its price.” By the end, she embraces the title of the Wicked Witch, vowing never to try helping anyone again. It is a dramatic turning point, showing how disappointment can twist hope into defiance and how the line between hero and villain can be as thin as a broomstick in the storm.

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