🇬🇧🇪🇸 judgment - buen juicio : English Lesson

Meaning of "judgment" ("buen juicio"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Judgment is your brain’s power to think carefully and choose what is best or most sensible. When you use good judgment, you stop and think before you act, you notice what is happening, and then you decide what to do in a smart and kind way. For example, using good judgment means knowing when to say sorry, when to tell the truth even if it’s hard, or when to stop eating candy before your stomach hurts. It’s like having a tiny wise coach in your head helping you pick the best choice.

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

I trusted my cat’s judgment until she proudly attacked her own tail and lost.

My friend’s judgment failed when he said, “How messy could a glitter fight really be?”

Having no judgment at all, I volunteered to be the ‘taste tester’ for my sister’s mystery soup.

Good judgment is knowing that if the sign says ‘Wet Paint,’ you probably shouldn’t poke it with your nose.

My judgment told me not to argue with Mom while she was holding a wooden spoon like a magic wand of doom.

On the old wooden bridge a boy froze above a deep gap. Anna's judgment chose one safe plank. Her calm judgment told him where to step. People frowned at her judgment until the plank held. Her steady judgment led them across. The river sighed; the crowd rushed forward, hugging the boy and thanking Anna for her judgment.

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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