🇬🇧🇪🇸 wheelchair - silla de ruedas : English Lesson

Meaning of "wheelchair" ("silla de ruedas"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A wheelchair is a special chair with big wheels that a person can sit in and roll around if walking is hard or not possible for them. Some people push the wheels with their hands, and sometimes a helper or a motor moves the chair. Wheelchairs help people go to school, the park, the store, and many other places so they can do many of the same things as everyone else.

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

The wheelchair parked itself so perfectly in the corner that we’re pretty sure it passed its parking exam.

When my brother tried to do a “cool” spin in the wheelchair, he accidentally parked himself perfectly in front of the snack cabinet.

My grandpa spun his wheelchair in a circle so fast that we called him “Tornado Grandpa.”

Our teacher said, “No racing in the hallway,” so the wheelchairs had a very slow, very dramatic race instead.

The first wheelchairs were used hundreds of years ago, but none of them had cool racing stickers or glitter paint like the ones people decorate today!

The boy pushes an old woman in a wheelchair to the park. The wheelchair rolls on the path. The old woman points and smiles. A dog jumps near the wheelchair and they laugh. The boy helps her go up a small hill in the wheelchair. They stop by the wheelchair. At the top she claps and says, "I am happy."

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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