🇬🇧🇪🇸 zeal - entusiasmo : English Lesson

Meaning of "zeal" ("entusiasmo"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

"Zeal" means having a lot of excitement and energy for something you really want to do. When you have zeal, you don’t just like it a little—you are super eager, full of pep, and you work hard at it because you care so much. It’s like your enthusiasm volume is turned up to maximum.

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

With enormous zeal, the baby tried to say “spaghetti” and invented five new languages instead.

He attacked his homework with sudden zeal after hearing the word "dessert" and "after you finish."

She attacked her broccoli with such zeal that her parents checked if she was an alien.

He practiced the piano with such zeal that even the neighbors learned the song by accident.

The hamster showed great zeal for exercise, but only when someone was watching.

At dawn, Raj dug beds with zeal, scattering seeds, humming; zeal bright in his eyes. His zeal filled the empty lot; mud flew, neighbors paused. Rain slowed him but did not stop his zeal: he covered trays, laughed, kept planting. Children copied his zeal, hands full of seedlings. By evening green tips showed and the street cheered.

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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