🇬🇧🇪🇸 wart - verruga : English Lesson

Meaning of "wart" ("verruga"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A wart is a tiny, rough, bumpy spot that can grow on your skin, like a little pebble stuck on you, usually because a teeny-tiny germ called a virus moved in and made a home there.

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

My wart is like a tiny roommate on my finger who never cleans up and never leaves.

I told my wart, “If you don’t leave soon, I’m putting you on the chore chart.”

I stuck a sticker next to my wart that said “Do Not Touch: Grumpy Resident.”

My wart is so round and bumpy, I’m pretty sure it’s training to become a tiny mountain.

Warts are caused by a virus called HPV, which is so small you need a super strong microscope to see it—so basically my wart is hosting an invisible party on my skin.

She found a wart on her thumb and froze. The wart was rough, a tiny hill she pinched. She hid the wart under a bandage, but the wart itched. At school a friend peered, then touched the wart gently and smiled. They laughed as the bandage came off—relief, the small wart looked less scary already.

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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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