🇬🇧🇪🇸 zebra - cebra : English Lesson

Meaning of "zebra" ("cebra"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A zebra is a wild animal that lives in Africa. It looks like a horse but has black and white stripes all over its body. Each zebra has a unique stripe pattern—like a fingerprint! Zebras live in groups called herds and use their stripes to confuse predators. They eat grass and can run very fast to escape danger.

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

The zebra tried to hide in a barcode and almost succeeded.

I saw a zebra crossing the road—turns out it was just a crosswalk!

I painted myself with stripes and now the zebras think I’m their cousin.

I gave my zebra a bowtie and now it’s the fanciest animal in the savanna.

While zebras look black and white, their actual skin colour underneath their fur is black!

Tom sees a zebra at the park by the trees. The zebra has black and white lines and looks like a small horse. A girl feeds the zebra and pets its soft hair. Tom laughs. He says, I like the zebra. The zebra walks back to the field and they are happy.

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This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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