The following is a list of the original 54 lotería cards, traditionally and broadly recognized in Mexico.
Below each card name and number, are the verses (in Spanish) sometimes used to tell the players which card was drawn.
However, there are several less traditional sets of cards, depicting different objects or animals.



 
1 El gallo ("the rooster")
El que le cantó a San Pedro no le volverá a cantar.

The one that sang for St. Peter will never sing for him again.

2 El diablito ("the little Devil")
Pórtate bien cuatito, si no te lleva el coloradito.

Behave yourself buddy, or the little red one will take you away.

3 La dama ("the lady")
Puliendo el paso, por toda la calle real.

Improving her gait, all along the main street
4 El catrín ("the dandy")
Don Ferruco en la alameda, su bastón quería tirar.

Sir Ferruco in the poplar grove, wanted to toss away his cane.

5 El paraguas ("the umbrella")
Para el sol y para el agua.

For the sun and for the rain.

6 La sirena ("the mermaid")
Con los cantos de sirena, no te vayas a marear.

Don't be swayed by the songs of the siren. (
In Spanish, sirens and mermaids and their song is synonymous.)

7 La escalera ("the ladder")
Súbeme paso a pasito, no quieras pegar brinquitos.

Ascend me step by step, don't try and skip.

8 La botella ("the bottle")
La herramienta del borracho.

The tool of the drunk.

9 El barril ("the barrel")
Tanto bebió el albañil, que quedó como barril.

So much did the bricklayer drink, he ended up like a barrel.

10 El árbol ("the tree")
El que a buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra le cobija.

He who nears a good tree, is blanketed by good shade.

11 El melón ("the melon")
Me lo das o me lo quitas.

Give it to me or take it from me.

12 El valiente ("the brave man")
Por qué le corres cobarde, trayendo tan buen puñal.

Why do you run, coward?
Having such a good blade too.

13 El gorrito ("the little bonnet")
Ponle su gorrito al nene, no se nos vaya a resfriar.

Put the bonnet on the baby, lest he catch a cold.

14 La muerte ("Death")
La muerte tilica y flaca.

Death, thin and lanky.

15 La pera ("the pear")
El que espera, desespera.

He who waits despairs. (
A pun: espera "to wait" and es pera " to be a pear" are homophones in Mexican Spanish.)

16 La bandera ("the flag")
Verde blanco y colorado, la bandera del soldado.

Green, white, and red, the flag of the soldier.

17 El bandolón ("the mandolin")
Tocando su bandolón, está el mariachi Simón.

There playing his lute, is Simon the mariachi.

18 El violoncello ("the cello")
Creciendo se fue hasta el cielo, y como no fue violín, tuvo que ser violoncello.

Growing it reached the heavens, and since it wasn't a violin, it had to be a cello.

19 La garza ("the heron")
Al otro lado del río tengo mi banco de arena, donde se sienta mi chata pico de garza morena.

At the other side of the river I have my sand bank, where sits my darling short one, with the beak of a dark heron.

20 El pájaro ("the bird")
Tu me traes a puros brincos, como pájaro en la rama.

You have me hopping here and there, like a bird on a branch.

21 La mano ("the hand")
La mano de un criminal.

The hand of a criminal.

22 La bota ("the boot")
Una bota igual que la otra.

A boot the same as the other.

23 La luna ("the moon")
El farol de los enamorados.

The street lamp of lovers.

24 El cotorro ("the parrot")
Cotorro cotorro saca la pata, y empiézame a platicar.

Parrot, parrot, stick out your claw and begin to chat with me.

25 El borracho ("the drunkard")
A qué borracho tan necio ya no lo puedo aguantar.

Oh what an annoying drunk, I can't stand him any more.

26 El negrito ("the little black man")
El que se comió el azúcar.

The one who ate the sugar.

27 El corazón ("the heart")
No me extrañes corazón, que regreso en el camión.

Do not miss me, sweetheart, I'll be back by bus.

 
28 La sandía ("the watermelon")
La barriga que Juan tenía, era empacho de sandía.

The swollen belly that Juan had, was from eating too much watermelon.

29 El tambor ("the drum")
No te arrugues, cuero viejo, que te quiero pa' tambor.

Don't you wrinkle, dear old leather, since I want you for a drum.

30 El camarón ("the shri
The following is a list of the original 54 lotería cards, traditionally and broadly recognized in Mexico. Below each card name and number, are the verses (in Spanish) sometimes used to tell the players which card was drawn. However, there are several less traditional sets of cards, depicting different objects or animals.


 
1 El gallo ("the rooster")
El que le cantó a San Pedro no le volverá a cantar.
The one that sang for St. Peter will never sing for him again.
2 El diablito ("the little Devil")
Pórtate bien cuatito, si no te lleva el coloradito.
Behave yourself buddy, or the little red one will take you away.
3 La dama ("the lady")
Puliendo el paso, por toda la calle real.
Improving her gait, all along the main street
4 El catrín ("the dandy")
Don Ferruco en la alameda, su bastón quería tirar.
Sir Ferruco in the poplar grove, wanted to toss away his cane.
5 El paraguas ("the umbrella")
Para el sol y para el agua.
For the sun and for the rain.
6 La sirena ("the mermaid")
Con los cantos de sirena, no te vayas a marear.
Don't be swayed by the songs of the siren. (In Spanish, sirens and mermaids and their song is synonymous.)
7 La escalera ("the ladder")
Súbeme paso a pasito, no quieras pegar brinquitos.
Ascend me step by step, don't try and skip.
8 La botella ("the bottle")
La herramienta del borracho.
The tool of the drunk.
9 El barril ("the barrel")
Tanto bebió el albañil, que quedó como barril.
So much did the bricklayer drink, he ended up like a barrel.
10 El árbol ("the tree")
El que a buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra le cobija.
He who nears a good tree, is blanketed by good shade.
11 El melón ("the melon")
Me lo das o me lo quitas.
Give it to me or take it from me.
12 El valiente ("the brave man")
Por qué le corres cobarde, trayendo tan buen puñal.
Why do you run, coward? Having such a good blade too.
13 El gorrito ("the little bonnet")
Ponle su gorrito al nene, no se nos vaya a resfriar.
Put the bonnet on the baby, lest he catch a cold.
14 La muerte ("Death")
La muerte tilica y flaca.
Death, thin and lanky.
15 La pera ("the pear")
El que espera, desespera.
He who waits despairs. (A pun: espera "to wait" and es pera " to be a pear" are homophones in Mexican Spanish.)
16 La bandera ("the flag")
Verde blanco y colorado, la bandera del soldado.
Green, white, and red, the flag of the soldier.
17 El bandolón ("the mandolin")
Tocando su bandolón, está el mariachi Simón.
There playing his lute, is Simon the mariachi.
18 El violoncello ("the cello")
Creciendo se fue hasta el cielo, y como no fue violín, tuvo que ser violoncello.
Growing it reached the heavens, and since it wasn't a violin, it had to be a cello.
19 La garza ("the heron")
Al otro lado del río tengo mi banco de arena, donde se sienta mi chata pico de garza morena.
At the other side of the river I have my sand bank, where sits my darling short one, with the beak of a dark heron.
20 El pájaro ("the bird")
Tu me traes a puros brincos, como pájaro en la rama.
You have me hopping here and there, like a bird on a branch.
21 La mano ("the hand")
La mano de un criminal.
The hand of a criminal.
22 La bota ("the boot")
Una bota igual que la otra.
A boot the same as the other.
23 La luna ("the moon")
El farol de los enamorados.
The street lamp of lovers.
24 El cotorro ("the parrot")
Cotorro cotorro saca la pata, y empiézame a platicar.
Parrot, parrot, stick out your claw and begin to chat with me.
25 El borracho ("the drunkard")
A qué borracho tan necio ya no lo puedo aguantar.
Oh what an annoying drunk, I can't stand him any more.
26 El negrito ("the little black man")
El que se comió el azúcar.
The one who ate the sugar.
27 El corazón ("the heart")
No me extrañes corazón, que regreso en el camión.
Do not miss me, sweetheart, I'll be back by bus.
 
28 La sandía ("the watermelon")
La barriga que Juan tenía, era empacho de sandía.
The swollen belly that Juan had, was from eating too much watermelon.
29 El tambor ("the drum")
No te arrugues, cuero viejo, que te quiero pa' tambor.
Don't you wrinkle, dear old leather, since I want you for a drum.
30 El camarón ("the shri
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