🇬🇧🇪🇸 snorkeling - hacer esnórquel : English Lesson

Meaning of "snorkeling" ("hacer esnórquel"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Snorkeling is when you float on top of the water, wearing a special mask over your eyes and nose and a tube (called a snorkel) in your mouth, so you can look down and watch fish and other sea animals while still breathing air from above the water without needing to come up all the time.

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

My snorkeling mask made my face look so squished that the fish probably thought I was a new kind of sea creature.

Grandpa said he was great at snorkeling, then put the snorkel in his ear and wondered why it didn’t work.

Snorkeling was going great until a tiny fish swam straight into my snorkel like it was an underwater tunnel.

Ethan got so excited while snorkeling that he tried to high-five a jellyfish, which was a very bad idea.

Scientists think snorkeling-like gear was used as far back as ancient Greece, when people used hollow reeds to breathe while hiding or hunting underwater.

She tried snorkeling in a calm bay, mask tight, snorkel ready. At first snorkeling felt strange, breathing through a tube, float face down. Then snorkeling turned magical: bright fish, waving plants, quiet light. Each small breath proved snorkeling was safe. Back on the sand she laughed, wet hair shining, happy after her first snorkeling.

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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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