Jacarandosa is a vibrant and somewhat playful adjective that means 'lively', 'boisterous', or 'full of fun'. It's not a word you encounter every day, making it quite memorable.
In "Así Es La Vida," the song uses jacarandosa to describe life itself, painting a picture of life as unpredictable and spirited, full of ups and downs. It adds a unique flavor to the common phrase "Así es la vida" (That's life), suggesting life is not just what it is, but what it is in a very lively and sometimes chaotic way.
El Bebeto and Chayín Rubio start this one at the bar, ordering more bottles to burn off the taste of a woman who's gone. “Que me va a matar la depresión” (“That depression is gonna kill me”), “Que voy a vivir en el alcohol” (“That I'm gonna live in alcohol”) — drinking isn't hinted at here, it's the whole plan. Every fresh complaint gets waved off with the same shrug, “Qué importa, qué importa” (“Who cares, who cares”), until the self-pity tips over into something closer to acceptance. By the chorus the song has stopped being about her and turned into a shrug at life itself: “Así es la vida de caprichosa” (“That's how capricious life is”) — “Te quita, te pone, te sube, te baja” (“It takes, it gives, it lifts you, it lowers you”), and “Y a veces te lo da” (“and sometimes it gives it to you”) anyway.