🇬🇧🇪🇸 transmute - transmutar : English Lesson

Meaning of "transmute" ("transmutar"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

To transmute means to completely change something so much that it becomes something else, usually something better. It’s like when a plain idea turns into a brilliant plan, or when a grumpy mood changes into a happy one. It’s a big, full transformation, not just a small change.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I attempted to transmute my broccoli into cookies by staring at it really hard, but it only transmuted into colder broccoli.

My little brother can transmute a perfectly clean room into a disaster zone in under three minutes.

I wish I could transmute my alarm clock into a pillow every morning at 7 a.m.

If sighs could transmute into power, my homework complaints would run the entire city.

Ancient alchemists tried to transmute cheap metals into gold; I’m just trying to transmute my messy handwriting into something my teacher can read without crying.

At dusk a mother holds a cold stone and says, "Transmute." She tries to transmute the stone to warm bread for her child. She moves her tired hands to transmute it again, watching the stone begin to transmute, light, heat, smell. The stone at last will transmute to bread. The child smiles; the mother cries.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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