Coquí is pronounced
ko-KEE!
with the 2nd syllable short and UP.It sounds just like the coquí frog's call into the night! Right-Click here to listen to real coquí frogs of the Puerto Rican forests. Feel free to practice with them!
Right-Click here to listen to El Coquí in a new windowThe Children's folk song of Puerto Rico in Spanish & EnglishSung by Caroline PirconEl coquí, el coquí a mi me encanta.
Esta lindo el cantar del coquí.
Por las noches salir acostarme.
Me adormece cantando así.
Chorus:
Coquí, coquí, coquí,
Me adormece cantando así.
Coquí, coquí, coquí,
Me adormece cantando así.
Little coquí frog, how I love you.
How I love your beautiful song.
In the night as I am sleeping,
You sing to me all night long.
Chorus:
Coquí, coquí, coquí,
I hear you singing to me.
Coquí, coquí, coquí,
I hear you singing to me.
