🇬🇧🇪🇸 wedlock - matrimonio : English Lesson

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

“Wedlock” means the state of being married. When two people have a wedding and decide to be partners for life, they are in wedlock. It’s the official, legal way of saying, “These two people are now a married team.”

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

Their wedlock began with a fancy wedding and continued with arguments about which way the toilet paper should roll.

In storybooks, wedlock usually starts with a kiss and ends with someone snoring loudly.

Their wedlock survived moving houses, changing jobs, and a kid who played the recorder very badly.

After the wedding, Grandma said, “Welcome to wedlock—no returns, no exchanges!”

“Wedlock” is an old word for being married, but it sounds so serious that kids think it means your parents are locked together with invisible wedding handcuffs.

He slipped the ring on; the town cheered as bells marked the start of wedlock. A small photo of that day hung above the bed, proof of wedlock and of life in wedlock. Each morning she made tea for him; wedlock felt easy and warm. Neighbors nodded — all agreed wedlock suited them.

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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