🇬🇧🇪🇸 birdcage - jaula de pájaros : English Lesson

Meaning of "birdcage" ("jaula de pájaros"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A birdcage is a special box or frame made of metal or wooden bars where a bird can live safely inside. People use birdcages to keep pet birds in their homes so they don’t fly away, but they can still hop around, eat, drink, and sing while everyone watches and listens.

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

My brother tried to sing to the birdcage, but the bird covered its ears with its wings—twice.

I hung a tiny mirror in the birdcage, and now the bird has a new best friend: itself.

My sister tried to teach the bird in the birdcage math, but it only learned how to scream during homework time.

During my online class, the bird in the birdcage kept yelling answers before I could, like a tiny feathery know-it-all.

Long ago, birdcages were sometimes kept in royal palaces so fancy birds could sing for kings and queens.

She carried the birdcage through the room. The bird pecked at the bars of the birdcage, eyes bright. She opened the small door of the birdcage and let the bird step onto her hand. The empty birdcage stood by the window as the bird flew to the tree. She smiled at the silent birdcage.

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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