🇬🇧🇪🇸 ponderous - pesado : English Lesson

Meaning of "ponderous" ("pesado"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Something ponderous is extremely big, heavy, or slow, like an elephant trying to roller skate or a giant turtle doing ballet. It can also describe things that feel slow and boring, like a really long speech or a book with 500 pages about different kinds of socks. If something is ponderous, it takes its sweet time and doesn’t hurry at all!

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

My dad’s ponderous attempt at dancing looked like a robot with low battery.

The ponderous elephant tried to sneak into the tiny mouse hole. It did not go well.

The teacher’s ponderous lecture about history felt longer than history itself.

The ponderous sloth finally finished crossing the road… three days later.

Our ponderous school bus moved so slowly, I think I saw a snail pass us.

At the river, a boy and his dog meet a ponderous boat stuck on ponderous mud. The boy pushes; the dog tugs, both straining against the ponderous side. Neighbors join, breathless, pulling the ponderous boat inch by inch. At last the ponderous boat breaks free, floats, and the crowd cheers, relieved and smiling.

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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