🇬🇧🇪🇸 gargoyle - gárgola : English Lesson

Meaning of "gargoyle" ("gárgola"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A gargoyle is a carved creature, often looking a bit scary or silly, that you might see sticking out from the side of old buildings, especially churches or castles. They are usually made of stone and sometimes have open mouths so that rainwater can pour out of them, like a fancy drainpipe.

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

The gargoyle looks like it’s mid-sneeze... for the last 300 years.

I waved at the gargoyle, and I swear it winked back!

That gargoyle must’ve been a dog in a past life—it’s always drooling.

Our school’s gargoyle looks like it’s been shocked by a bad math grade.

The gargoyle on the roof looked like it had a secret fear of pigeons.

At dusk a boy stared up. A gargoyle crouched on the old church roof, stone wings folded, eyes like dark bowls. The gargoyle spat rain into the street. A second gargoyle leaned forward, a third gargoyle watched from the tower. The boy touched cold stone; the gargoyle seemed to guard him, and he smiled.

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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