🇬🇧🇪🇸 dressing - aliño : English Lesson

Meaning of "dressing" ("aliño"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Dressing is a liquid or creamy sauce that you pour on salad or other foods to make them taste better. It is usually made by mixing things like oil, vinegar, lemon juice, herbs, or spices together. People often add dressing to lettuce, tomatoes, and other salad vegetables so they are not plain and boring. You can spoon, pour, or drizzle dressing on your food, and you can make it yourself or get it already mixed.

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

The dressing was so delicious I forgot I was actually eating vegetables.

The dressing bottle made a rude fart noise when I squeezed it, and the whole family started laughing.

Mom says, "Don’t drink the dressing," which means someone has definitely tried it before.

My salad is 10% vegetables and 90% dressing, and I have no regrets.

I accidentally poured so much dressing on my salad that it needed a lifeguard.

She lifted the small bottle, smiled, and dripped dressing over the crisp lettuce. A drop of dressing winked on a tomato. He tasted a leaf, closed his eyes; the dressing was tangy and warm. She offered the spoon; he added more dressing, then laughed, full and pleased with the simple dressing.

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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