many latin american hits in spanish were brought to brazil and re-created to surpass the language barrier and vice versa - at times the lyrics could be easily translated due to the close proximity in pronunciation of words, such as milla by natinho (original in portuguese) and la isla del sol by leo garcía (spanish) - keeping the rhythm and inventing new lyrics could also be another option that can be seen in de música ligera by soda stereo (original in spanish) and a sua maneira by capital inicial (portuguese).

here is a list of establishments one can visit and dance to some exotic latin sounds on a thursday.