🇬🇧🇪🇸 century - siglo : English Lesson

Meaning of "century" ("siglo"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A century is a group of 100 years. If you lined up 100 birthdays in a row, that would be one century! People use centuries to talk about long times in history, like “the 21st century” for the years 2000 to 2099.

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

The teacher said, “This project is due next week,” and my brain heard, “You have an entire century, no rush.”

In kid time, five minutes of homework equals one century, but one hour of video games equals five seconds.

Our family Christmas lights are so old I’m not sure which century they’re from, but I’m pretty sure electricity was still a rumor.

Grandpa said, “Back in my day,” and I asked, “Which century was that, exactly?”

A century is 100 years—so if you live to be 100, you’ve been alive for exactly one century.

Grandpa and a child plant a small tree and pin a note: "See you in a century." The child reads, "century, century, century," and laughs. She leaves a small hand mark and runs. One century later she is old. She hugs the tree, says "century," smiles, and cries for one hundred years gone well.

This word is at the A2 level, which means it’s useful for simple, everyday situations. You might use it when shopping, traveling, or talking about your hobbies. Words at this level help you build confidence in practical, routine conversations.

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