🇬🇧🇪🇸 beam - viga : English Lesson

Meaning of "beam" ("viga"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A beam is a long, thick, strong piece of wood, metal, or concrete that helps hold things up. Beams are used in buildings, bridges, and roofs so they don’t fall down. You can think of a beam like a big, strong arm that carries the weight of floors, walls, or ceilings and keeps everything standing safely.

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

Our fort had one crooked beam, so we named it “Sir Wobbles,” guardian of almost-straight things.

The attic beam was so dusty I wrote my name on it, then added a mustache and glasses for style.

The builder pointed to the giant beam and said, “Without this, no house,” and my sister bowed to it like it was royalty.

A pigeon sat on the bridge beam and acted like it personally supported the entire structure.

In big buildings, beams are like strong horizontal bones that carry heavy loads so walls and floors don’t collapse, kind of like a superhero’s muscles holding everything up.

In the old barn, a boy watched dust fall as a single beam cracked. He pressed his shoulder under the beam, feeling its weight. His sister pushed with a rope while their father slid a new beam into place. The barn rocked, then held—solid beam after beam—and they all laughed, safe.

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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