🇬🇧🇪🇸 extravagant - extravagante : English Lesson

Meaning of "extravagant" ("extravagante"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Extravagant means someone does something in a super fancy, over-the-top way—like buying 100 balloons when you only need one, or wearing a glittery crown just to eat cereal. It’s when things are big, flashy, or cost a lot, even when you could’ve gone simple.

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

I brought an extravagant lunch to school—five pizzas and a cake shaped like a dolphin.

I used 37 glitter pens to write “Hi.” It was a bit extravagant.

Dad made an extravagant pancake breakfast—with whipped cream fireworks.

Grandma’s hat was so extravagant, birds tried to move in.

I wore extravagant sunglasses so big, they had windshield wipers.

At the small garden party, an extravagant cake arrived: three tall, extravagant tiers, extravagant gold leaf, extravagant sugar roses, extravagant candles that sang. Guests stared. The host, flushed and proud, whispered that the cake cost more than their house. Laughter rose, surprise softened into joy, and the extravagant display made the plain picnic feel like a celebration.

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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