🇬🇧🇪🇸 cocoa - cacao : English Lesson

Meaning of "cocoa" ("cacao"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Cocoa is a warm, sweet drink that tastes like chocolate. It is made by mixing cocoa powder (ground-up roasted cocoa beans), sugar, and usually milk or water. People often drink cocoa on cold days to feel cozy. It smells like chocolate, looks brown, and can be topped with whipped cream or marshmallows. Even though it tastes like a treat, it comes from cocoa beans that grow on trees in warm countries.

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

I took one sip of cocoa and instantly forgot all my math homework problems—and the answers too.

The cocoa was so thick my straw wrote a letter of complaint and retired.

I tried to share my cocoa with my sibling, but the mug mysteriously shrank to a single-person size.

I put cocoa in a fancy cup and suddenly felt like a royal chocolate-tasting expert.

The cocoa was so cozy that my hands refused to let go of the mug, even when the phone rang.

She came in from the cold. He warmed cocoa on the stove and stirred. The cocoa smelled sweet; steam rose. He poured cocoa into a small mug and handed it to her. She wrapped both hands around the warm cocoa, sipped, closed her eyes, and smiled as the cocoa chased the cold away.

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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