🇬🇧🇪🇸 parsley - perejil : English Lesson

Meaning of "parsley" ("perejil"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Parsley is a leafy green herb that is often used to add flavor and garnish to various dishes. It has a fresh, slightly peppery taste and is commonly used in salads, soups, and sauces. Parsley is also known for its bright green color and is often used to make food look more appealing.

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

Grandma says parsley makes everything better, but it didn’t help her burnt toast.

I put parsley on my cereal to make it fancy, but it just made it weird.

We added parsley to our juice, and now it tastes like we’re drinking a salad.

My sandwich had more parsley than bread, and I felt like I was eating a garden.

Mom put a tiny leaf of parsley on my spaghetti, and suddenly it felt like a meal fit for a king.

On a rainy evening, a child watched the cook chop parsley, bright green and wet. He sprinkled parsley over soup, then placed parsley on the bread, and tucked a parsley sprig on the plate. The child breathed in the fresh parsley scent, took a spoon, tasted, and beamed, warm, green comfort.

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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