🇬🇧🇪🇸 credenza - aparador : English Lesson

Meaning of "credenza" ("aparador"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A credenza is a piece of furniture, usually found in dining rooms or offices, that has cabinets and shelves for storing items like plates, documents, or secret snack stashes. It often has a flat top for displaying decorations, but let’s be honest — it usually just collects random stuff.

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

I opened the credenza looking for plates and found a rubber chicken, three pens, and a sock.

I tried to hide my Halloween candy in the credenza… but my brother found it in two minutes.

My grandma’s credenza smells like old books and secrets.

I asked my mom what’s inside the credenza, and she said, “Things we might need in 20 years.”

My sister said she saw a huge spider go into the credenza… and now we’re moving out.

A woman found a note under a dusty credenza. She stroked the low wooden credenza, opened its left door, and found a tin. Her hands shook as she set the tin on the creaky credenza top. She lifted the lid; an old photo made her laugh and cry. She hugged the credenza and smiled, touching the credenza.

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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