🇬🇧🇪🇸 sprint - esprint : English Lesson

Meaning of "sprint" ("esprint"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A sprint is a very short race where someone runs as fast as they possibly can from the start to the finish. In a sprint, you don’t save your energy for later—you use all your speed in a quick burst to get to the end first.

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

I started the sprint, and by the halfway mark, my lungs were writing a goodbye letter to my body.

During the playground sprint, I was winning until my snack fell out of my pocket and I sprinted backward to save it.

The cat did a surprise sprint across the living room, using my face as a starting line.

Our dog’s sprint to the door when he hears “walk” is faster than my sprint when I hear “dessert.”

We had a sprint at recess, and my friend’s hair finished three seconds after the rest of her body.

At the park, a child saw the ice cream van moving away. Heart tight, she made a sprint across the grass. A second sprint came when the van slowed. Then another sprint pushed her past a puddle. The final sprint, shoes slipping, sent gravel flying. Neighbors watched. She reached the van, laughing, clutching a cone after that joyful sprint.

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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