🇬🇧🇪🇸 mistletoe - muérdago : English Lesson
noun
Meaning of "mistletoe" ("muérdago"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
Mistletoe is a special green plant with little leaves and white berries that people often hang above a door at Christmas, and there is a silly tradition that if two people stand under the mistletoe at the same time, they are supposed to give each other a quick kiss.
I taped mistletoe above my math book, hoping the homework would fall in love with someone else and leave me.
I stood under the mistletoe for ten minutes, but the only one who came by was my baby brother, covered in drool.
I didn’t know there was mistletoe in the doorway, so I walked in and got ambushed by kissing aunts from every direction.
At the school party, someone put mistletoe over the trash can, so throwing something away suddenly felt very romantic.
Mistletoe was used in winter celebrations long before Christmas, and some kinds are poisonous—so people kiss under it, but definitely don’t eat it!
At the door a small bunch of mistletoe hung, green leaves and white berries glowing. Lena reached up to adjust the mistletoe, laughing as Tom stepped closer. He brushed the mistletoe with his sleeve, then they stood under the mistletoe and kissed. Guests who saw the mistletoe smiled; the room felt warm.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
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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