🇬🇧🇪🇸 beach - playa : English Lesson

Meaning of "beach" ("playa"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A beach is a soft, sandy (or sometimes pebbly) edge of land next to the sea, an ocean, or a lake, where the water meets the shore and people often go to play, swim, relax, and build sandcastles.

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

I brought a book to the beach to look smart, but the wind kept turning the pages like it was speed-reading for me.

At the beach, Dad said, “I don’t need sunscreen,” and by sunset he looked like a talking lobster in sunglasses.

I tried to look cool walking on the beach, then a surprise wave smacked me and turned me into a sea-soggy burrito.

A crab at the beach stared at my toes like it was choosing which one to pinch.

At the beach, my little brother tried to dig a hole to Australia, but he only reached the mantle.

The child walks to the beach with a small beach bag. At the beach the child touches warm sand and sees the blue sea. A dog runs on the beach and finds a shell. The child laughs on the beach, plays with the shell, and sits to watch the sea and is 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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