🇬🇧🇪🇸 subtropical - subtropical : English Lesson

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

Subtropical means a place that is almost like the hot, steamy tropics, but just a little less extreme—it's usually warm, often humid, and doesn’t get very cold, but it’s not quite as hot as a real tropical rainforest.

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The lizard in the subtropical terrarium looked at the weather report and said, “Perfect. Again.”

In the subtropical city, even the pigeons walked slowly, like, “We’ll fly when it’s less sweaty.”

The chicken stepped outside into the subtropical air and decided it was already roasted enough for dinner.

Grandma said her hair gets extra curly in subtropical weather, so now she looks like a friendly storm cloud.

Many parts of Florida, southern Japan, and Australia are subtropical—perfect places if you like weather that feels like a warm, slightly sweaty hug from the sky.

She stepped from the cool house into a subtropical garden. Subtropical palms bent under warm rain. Subtropical air wrapped her like a damp shawl. Subtropical banana trees dripped, and the subtropical sun peeped through low clouds. She laughed, pleased by the soft, almost tropical heat and sighed with a grateful smile.

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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