🇬🇧🇪🇸 wetsuit - traje de neopreno : English Lesson

Meaning of "wetsuit" ("traje de neopreno"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A wetsuit is a piece of clothing made of thick, stretchy material (usually neoprene) that helps people stay warm while swimming, surfing, or diving in cold water. It traps a thin layer of water between the body and the suit, which the body warms up, creating insulation. It’s like wearing a warm hug while swimming!

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

A seagull stared at me in my wetsuit like I was the weirdest fish it had ever seen.

I tried to run in my wetsuit, but I looked like a slow-motion penguin.

My brother said my wetsuit made me look cool, but I know he was laughing inside.

Putting on a wetsuit is easy. Taking it off? That’s a different story.

I put on my wetsuit, and suddenly, I felt like a superhero… a very, very tight superhero.

She shivered on the rocks, zipped the wetsuit, slid into cold water, and flexed in the wetsuit. The wetsuit hugged her body, pushing out cold and holding warmth. Waves tossed her, but the wetsuit stopped the chill, so she swam farther. Back on shore she laughed, peeled off the wetsuit, and felt warm relief.

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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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