🇬🇧🇪🇸 symphony - sinfonía : English Lesson

Meaning of "symphony" ("sinfonía"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A symphony is a long and exciting piece of music written for an orchestra, which is a big group of musicians playing different instruments like violins, trumpets, and drums. It usually has different sections, called movements, that can be fast, slow, happy, or dramatic. A symphony is like a musical story without words, making people feel all kinds of emotions—from joy to excitement to sleepiness if it goes on too long!

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

My little brother’s idea of a symphony is banging pots and pans at 6 AM.

The school band’s symphony was amazing—especially when the drummer dropped his sticks.

I sneezed so loudly during the symphony that people thought it was part of the music.

The symphony was so long that I finished all my snacks before it ended.

The symphony was beautiful, but my favorite part was when they finally let us clap.

A small girl closed her eyes as the symphony began. The symphony rose slowly: violin, brass, drum, flute joining the symphony. Each note in the symphony wrapped the theater like light. People stopped breathing, letting the symphony carry them. When the last chord fell, the girl smiled and the room burst into quiet, then bright applause.

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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