🇬🇧🇪🇸 fibula - peroné : English Lesson

Meaning of "fibula" ("peroné"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Your lower leg has two main bones. The thicker one in front is called the tibia, and the thinner one on the outside is called the fibula. The fibula helps support your leg and gives your ankle somewhere to attach, but it doesn’t carry as much weight as the tibia. When you feel the bony side of your lower leg, you’re probably touching your fibula.

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

My fibula screamed in fear when my brain said, “Let’s try skateboarding down the stairs!”

My fibula is like a secret sidekick: nobody notices it until you bump it into a table leg at full speed.

During the race, my lungs were tired, my feet were sore, and my fibula filed a complaint with my brain.

The fibula is the skinny side-bone that stands there like, “I’m not big, but try walking without me.”

Your fibula is the thinner bone on the outside of your lower leg, and in ancient times people used real fibula bones as fancy brooches to pin their clothes together!

At the playground, a boy fell and clutched his lower leg. His mother saw a small bump on the outer side; the doctor tapped the fibula and smiled sadly. The X‑ray showed a thin crack in the fibula, then another line along the fibula's length. A soft cast wrapped the fibula; he jumped home, relieved. The fibula felt warm.

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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