🇬🇧🇪🇸 pastry - pasteles : English Lesson

Meaning of "pastry" ("pasteles"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A pastry is a yummy baked treat made from dough (like soft, squishy bread dough) that is usually sweet and flaky, often filled or topped with things like fruit, cream, chocolate, or jam—like donuts, croissants, tarts, and danishes.

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

I was going to save half my pastry for later, but ‘later’ turned out to be five seconds.

I hid my pastry in a ‘secret’ spot, but apparently my stomach already had the map.

I tried to share my pastry with my friend, but my mouth accidentally ate both halves.

Grandpa said he’s on a diet, then heroically volunteered to ‘protect’ us from extra pastry calories.

I tried to balance a pastry on my head for a talent show, but my mouth kept interrupting the performance.

The child smelled the warm pastry on the windowsill. A golden pastry sat in a box; the child touched the flaky pastry and found fruit inside. She took a small bite of pastry, closed her eyes, and smiled. Crumbs fell; she pushed the last pastry to her friend, who tasted it and laughed.

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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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