🇬🇧🇪🇸 period - de época : English Lesson
adjective
Meaning of "period" ("de época"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
When something is described as period, it means it was really made in the past or is carefully copied to look exactly like it came from a certain time in history. Period clothes, furniture, or houses match the style people really used back then, like knights’ armor, big fancy dresses, or old castles. It’s like pressing a time‑travel button on objects so they fit perfectly in a specific historical time.
The museum’s period bedroom was so old-fashioned I kept looking for a dinosaur under the bed.
The period sofa in the museum looked so fancy I felt underdressed just standing near it in my gym shorts.
At the fair, I rode in a period carriage, which is history talk for “bumpy taxi with no seat belts.”
Our teacher gave us period quill pens, and I discovered history was mostly about spilling ink on yourself.
I tried a period wig and instantly turned into a grumpy duke who demands extra dessert at all times.
She found a dusty trunk and lifted out a period dress. A period hat fell free; period gloves slid onto her hands. In the period mirror she gasped—her shoulders relaxed and she smiled. Her neighbor peeking through the attic door laughed and cried. They tied a period ribbon and stepped into the sun; the dress began a new life.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
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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