🇬🇧🇪🇸 orbit - orbitar : English Lesson

Meaning of "orbit" ("orbitar"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

To orbit means to move all the way around something in space, like a planet or a star, in a curved path again and again. The object doing the orbiting is usually pulled by gravity, so it keeps going around instead of flying away or crashing straight in. For example, the Moon orbits Earth, and Earth orbits the Sun.

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

My dog tries to orbit me at dinner time, spinning around my chair like a tiny, furry moon of hunger.

My baby cousin loves to orbit my legs, holding on and shuffling around like I’m some kind of walking planet toy.

My little sister likes to orbit the cookie jar, pretending she’s just ‘walking by’ for the tenth time.

If chores could orbit me, they would keep circling closer until one finally lands right in my hands with a broom.

Earth orbits the Sun once every year, so technically you’ve already orbited the Sun more times than the number of birthday candles on your cake.

At dusk she spins a model planet and watches a toy rocket orbit the lamp and orbit the chair like a brave satellite. The cat bats the rocket and it continues to orbit the lamp, then orbit the cup rim, then orbit the rug. She laughs; the small game ends with calm.

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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