🇬🇧🇪🇸 calm - calma : English Lesson

Meaning of "calm" ("calma"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Calm is a quiet, peaceful time when nothing loud or wild is happening. It’s when things feel still, gentle, and safe. For example, a calm can be the quiet feeling in a room right after everyone stops talking, or the peaceful silence outside when the wind and noise have gone away.

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

The calm before the storm in our house is always the moment Mom asks, “Who left this mess?”

We reached a calm on the road trip when everyone fell asleep, including my left leg and my right butt cheek.

There was a gentle calm in the kitchen, broken only by the sound of my cookie jar crying because it was empty.

The calm in the car lasted exactly three seconds before someone yelled, “I dropped my shoe out the window!”

Sailors use the word “calm” for times when the sea is flat and still; I call it the moment my hair finally stops trying to become a wild sea monster.

After the storm, a boy walked to the small lake. The town was noisy, but he longed for the calm. He sat on a stone, watched the water stop, and held his breath as the calm fell. Boats drifted; one duck slept. The calm spread, the calm wrapped him, and he smiled as the calm stayed.

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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