🇬🇧🇪🇸 cumbersome - incómodo : English Lesson

Meaning of "cumbersome" ("incómodo"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Cumbersome means something is so big, heavy, or awkward that it’s hard to carry, move, or use. A cumbersome object might make you wobble, trip, or struggle because it doesn’t fit in your hands, is too long, or has a weird shape. It’s not smooth or easy to handle at all.

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

Our school’s cumbersome stage curtain needs four kids, two teachers, and one pep talk just to open halfway.

I put on a cumbersome bike helmet with antlers and a flag, and suddenly aerodynamics gave up on me.

Our homemade boat was so cumbersome that instead of gliding across the pond, it politely sank in slow motion.

Grandpa’s old, cumbersome vacuum cleaner is louder than a rocket and heavier than my backpack after a library visit.

The first computers in history were extremely cumbersome, sometimes filling whole rooms, which means your tiny tablet is stronger than a giant humming, blinking metal fridge from the past.

At the bus stop, Lara wrestled a cumbersome trunk up the cumbersome steps. The cumbersome trunk swung, bumped the pole, and drew a frown. A man offered a hand; the trunk proved cumbersome and awkward to lift, so two people paused, breathed, then balanced it together. At the top, they laughed, relieved to leave that cumbersome burden behind.

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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