It is a recent development in the tattoo world that they have begun to incorporate foreign language quotes. it is the true essence of artistic pursuits that never stops growing and developing. With that being said, it is a more widely known fact that Spanish is the language of romance and the language makes wonderful quotes and sayings. in fact, some Spanish words have been incorporated into the English language and are therefore also quite popular. the tattoos here, in general, are compact or probably one-word quotes and sayings (which probably communicate more than you think). it is a matter of interest which design can catch your eye and which cannot. if you plan to launch, make sure it’s something meaningful and modern at the same time.
The language of love is usually passionate and sincere. You can combine your Spanish tattoos with some romantic elements like roses and doves. You can tattoo them on the wrist or on the leg, just above the ankle. the rib cage is also a great idea. you can tattoo it for your loved one or probably to get over a heartbreak. Once you’ve selected the style that works best for you, it’s the perfect time to select what font or style you’d like and if there are any elements you’d like to beg it with. there are billions of ideas on the internet and we suggest you do some proper research before getting anything permanent.
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pablo neruda inspiration
“I want to do with you what spring does with cherry trees”. from Pablo Neruda’s poem ‘every day you play’ is quite a romantic and intricate tattoo idea.
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what will be will be
translation: whatever will be.
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family love
translation: “family, where life begins and love never ends”. It is perfect for a family person.
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family tattoo designs
This can serve as a great gesture for your family to show them how much you love them.
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butterfly tattoo designs
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hand tattoo designs
jesy nelson is known to have three tattoos on her hand which she got in a single session in january 2018. one of her fingers has “amor” tattooed on it, which means “love” in three languages, spanish, latin and portuguese .
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live life
simple but profound advice: “live life”.
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fly high
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chest tattoo ideas
When you think of bullfighting, you may also think of bullfighting, which is still widespread in places like Spain. a popular belief has been that red makes this animal angry, but that could be wrong! in reality, the bulls are red-green colorblind, suggesting that it is actually the matador’s cape that is tormenting.
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frida kahlo designs
This ink is inspired by the poem by the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo: “Can verbs be invented? I want to tell you one: I love you.”
translated: “can you invent verbs? I want to say one: I fly you.”
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Quotes in Spanish
tattoo in spanish: “remember that nobody can clip your wings… you are the one who decides how high you want to fly”. English translation: “remember that no one can clip your wings… you are the only one who decides how high you want to fly”. sound familiar?
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something poetic
“Love is so short and forgetting is so long.”
translation: “love is so short and forgetting is so long.” Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda wrote this when he made even unrequited love sound appealing in his poem ‘I can write the saddest lines tonight’ or ‘Tonight I can write the saddest lines’.
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love phrases
“I love you more than my own skin.”
translation: “I love you more than my own skin.” This is a quote from Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, an unconventional artist whose turbulent relationship with her husband, muralist Diego Rivera, was as fiery and forceful as her extraordinary self-portraits.
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one word tattoos
sometimes a single word conquers an emotion, an aspiration or a moment of understanding that is worth remembering to the fullest. a tattoo is a daily memorandum of that insight gained from experience. a word, or the tiniest phrase, is short enough for the side of a finger, the back of the neck just below the hairline or behind the ear, or a simplistic circle of letters encompassing a pierced navel. choose your word, or words, discreetly for ultimate impact.
- destiny: destiny
- happiness: happiness
- serendipity: serendipity
- live: live
- forever: forever
- magic life: magic life
- que sera, sera: what will be, will be
- sigue a tu corazón: follow your heart
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family designs
“We don’t choose our family, but we do choose who we love.”
To portray your immense love for your family, quotes like these steal the show.
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good advice tattoo
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simple tattoo phrases
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meaningful reminders
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inspiring tattoo ideas
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crazy tattoo ideas
The tattoo on the left side of Karis Anderson’s chest reads “la vida loca”. So if your life is crazy enough, why didn’t you get this tattooed too?
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motivational quotes
tattoo in spanish: «success is the best revenge». Spanish: “success is the best revenge.”
Are you feeling vindictive yet?
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deep ideas for tattoos
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just a reminder
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bold tattoo ideas
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more motivation
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couple tattoo designs
Do you speak Spanish? you are definitely in the company of the best of people. So why try your hands on the morphology of Cervantes and Neruda for your next tattoo? paint your skin in Spanish with a captivating phrase to commemorate your legacy. otherwise, you can be inspired by the passionate life.
here are some of the most popular phrases and quotes that are inspired by classic spanish authors and singers that you could consider and tattoo on your skin:
1- “feet, why do I want them if I have wings to fly?” / feet? Why do I want them if I already have wings to fly. (frida kahlo)
2- “live life” / live life. (frida kahlo)
3- “knowledge is power” / knowledge is power. (francisco bacon)
4- “if you can dream it, you can do it” / if you can dream it, you can do it. (walt disney)
5- “never, never, never give up” / never, ever, ever give up. (winston churchill)
6- “my life is my message” / my life is my message. (mahatma gandhi)
7- “smile, it’s free therapy” / smile, it’s free therapy. (Douglas Horton)
8- “love is blind” / love is blind. (geoffrey chaucer)
9- “beauty is power; a smile is his sword” / beauty is power; a smile is his sword. (johnray)
10- “while there is life, there is hope” / while there is life, there is hope. (marcus tullius cicero)
11- “when love is not madness, it is not love” / when love is not madness, it is not love. (pedro calderon of the boat)
12- “don’t count the days, make the days count” / don’t count the days, make the days count. (Muhammad Ali)
13- “don’t cry because it’s over. smile because it happened” / don’t cry because it’s over. smile because it happened. (dr seuss)
14- “love conquers all” / love conquers all. (virgil)
15- “make each day your masterpiece” / make each day your masterpiece. (john of wood)
16- “the power of imagination makes us infinite” / the power of imagination makes us infinite. (john muir)
17- “it wasn’t raining when noah built the ark” / it wasn’t raining when noah built the ark. (howard ruff)
18- “everything you can imagine is real” / everything you can imagine is real.(pablo picasso)
19- “you only live once” / you only live once.
20- “forever young” / forever young.
21- “dream as if you were going to live forever” / dream as if you were going to live forever.
22- “everything has beauty but not everyone sees it” / everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
23- “life goes on” / life goes on.
24- “live the life you have imagined” / live the life you have imagined.
25- “my life is my message” / my life is my message.
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spanish karol g tattoo designs on the upper arm
karol g has an ink stain in spanish on her upper right arm which is a spanish saying “venecete a ti misma” which can be translated as “defeat yourself” in english. she used instagram when she revealed this tattoo to the world and wrote, “when you defeat yourself, there will be no sun to burn you, no rain to soak you, no wind to stop you, no mountain that won’t give in to your steps…lol! The only thing that can stop you is your own will!”
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Spanish tattoo designs on Karol G’s ribs
karol g has a tattoo on the side of her ribs in spanish that says “my family makes me human, god makes me strong” and means “my family makes me human, god makes me strong”. quite simple but very emotional and effective.
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karol g tattoo designs in spanish on the hand
karol g has a beautiful spanish quote written on her arm in a calligraphic style with the words “esto tambien parasa” – which in spanish means “this too shall pass”. is a very popular phrase in English that you can do in different languages.
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jesy nelson spanish tattoo designs
jesy nelson put three types of inks on her right hand at once in january 2018. the tattoo on the knuckle of her middle finger reads “amor” which means “love” in latin, spanish and portuguese. On her index finger and her ring finger are the characters “e” and “j”. These characters are a bit of an enigma considering her boyfriend’s name is Harry James. she is also not the same as any of her family members because her parents and siblings have names that start with a letter “j”. the “j” may persist for jesy, but we don’t understand who or what the “e” denotes.
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spanish kehlani tattoo designs on the neck
the ink on the side of kehlani’s neck reads “perdida y fondo”, which is a Spanish translation of “lost and found”. “I think it’s a reminder, if I get lost again, I can always find myself,” she used her instagram account to share her tattoo design in Spanish with her fans.
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kehlani spanish tattoo designs on face
kehlani’s first facial tattoo was on the temple on the right side of her face. it says “free spirit,” which is a Spanish translation of “free spirit.”
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becky g spanish tattoo designs on the left wrist
Becky G has a tattoo on her left wrist that is the word “familia” which is the Spanish word for family. She comes from a Spanish-speaking Mexican-American relationship and is really in touch with his legacy. “although my spanish is flawed and i didn’t grow up in mexico, i take pride in my roots. the history of my family and the fact that all the traditions and moral values have shaped me to be who I am today is what it means to be a second-generation born Mexican American for me,” he told popsugar.
got this spanish ink from artist dr. woo in September 2016 at the same time as the dragonfly next to him. “My tattoos came out fine. I was not in pain. I felt very relaxed, very calm. and I think it’s because I waited for the right person to do them. They were tattoos that I was very, very sure about and I felt really good about it, ”he stated in a question and answer video on youtube. She had been thinking about the two ink designs of hers for a long time and even took to twitter to tweet about needing a “family” tattoo in April 2016.
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spanish ear amber tattoo designs on ribs
amber hear has Spanish writing etched in red ink on her left side. It is a saying of the famous and one of the most sought after Chilean poets, Pablo Neruda. the quote “I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, secretly, between the shadow and the soul” that she has as her ink is an English translation of “I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the the shadow and the soul.”
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jaime king spanish tattoo designs on right foot
jamie king has a word written in spanish and made in blue ink on the side of his right foot. it seems to say “porque”, which in Spanish means “why”.
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karis anderson spanish tattoo designs on the shoulder
karis anderson’s left chest tattoo reads “la vida loca” which is Spanish for “the crazy life”.
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Spanish tattoo designs developed on the elbow
dev has a tattoo that spans his elbow of the expressions “esta loca”, which translates into Spanish as “she’s crazy” or “it’s crazy” (feminine form). dev is of mexican and portuguese lineage and values her culture with tints in both spanish and portuguese over her two grandmothers. “She says ‘this crazy,’ because my crazy Mexican grandma used to say that to me,” says Dev.
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sarah harding spanish tattoo designs on ribs
sarah harding has two rows of spanish printed vertically on the right side of her ribs. although it is somewhat hidden due to her dress, the apparent part reads “I know who you are and…mind not important…” which means “I know who you are and…it doesn’t matter…”
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christina aguilera tattoo designs on left elbow
the ink etched on christina aguilera’s left elbow is in two languages. the terms in red italics say “te amo siempre”, which is the Spanish translation of “te amo siempre”. Two Hebrew letters in the center also accompany this Spanish I Love You tattoo design which is represented by the initials of her ex-husband Jordan Bratman.
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cher llyod spanish tattoo designs on the right arm
the main tattoo that cher lloyd got on her right arm is a quote in spanish that says “pocket full of dreams”. This expression comes from Alicia Keys’ verse “Empire State of Mind”. (Part II) “Her ex-boyfriend told the reporter “she doesn’t speak Spanish, she just thought she looked pretty and she loved that song”.
“empire state of mind” was one of the songs cher played while on x-factor, although she had the design even before appearing on the show. on x-factor she talked about why it can be compared to this song in particular. “The lyrics basically explain how if someone wants something so badly, you have to go to the right places to get it. and it’s basically the story of my presence here [at x-factor] today.”
In a world where language is no longer a barrier, thanks to google translate, we hope you find your perfect tattoo!
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