🇬🇧🇪🇸 footwear - calzado : English Lesson

Meaning of "footwear" ("calzado"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Footwear is the general term for things people wear on their feet to protect them, keep them warm, or make them look stylish. This includes shoes, sneakers, boots, sandals, flip-flops, and even slippers. People choose their footwear depending on the weather, activities, and sometimes just personal fashion preferences.

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

My brother’s footwear smells so bad, even the flies refuse to land on it.

My new footwear squeaks so much, I sound like a rubber duck when I walk.

The mud loved my footwear so much, it decided to keep it.

My friend stepped in gum, and now his footwear has a new sticky best friend.

I went to the beach in winter, and my footwear choice of flip-flops was a terrible idea.

At the door a box of footwear waited. She pulled out boots — sturdy footwear for mud. Then bright sandals, easy footwear for sun. Soft slippers, warm footwear for evening. A pair of shoes, smart footwear for work. She tried each footwear, laughed, chose boots, and went outside smiling.

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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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