🇬🇧🇪🇸 meatball - albóndiga : English Lesson

Meaning of "meatball" ("albóndiga"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A meatball is a small, round ball made by squishing and rolling ground meat together, usually with crumbs, egg, and spices, and then cooking it. People often eat meatballs hot, sometimes on top of noodles or inside a sandwich, and usually with a tasty sauce.

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

The dog stared at my meatball with the same focus I use on dessert.

I asked for one more meatball, and the cook dumped an entire mountain on my plate.

The meatball rolled off my plate and started a new life under the fridge.

I dropped my last meatball, and the dog promoted himself to vacuum cleaner.

I tried to share my meatball, but my mouth accidentally ate it first.

At the kitchen table, Ana rolled a warm meatball between her fingers and smiled. The meatball was small and brown, steaming from the sauce. She dropped one meatball on a plate and pushed a second meatball toward her hungry son. He popped a meatball into his mouth and laughed, licking sauce off his chin.

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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