🇬🇧🇪🇸 keepsake - recuerdo : English Lesson

Meaning of "keepsake" ("recuerdo"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A keepsake is a small special thing you save and keep because it helps you remember someone you love, a fun day, or an important moment in your life.

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

I kept my broken crayon as a keepsake because it snapped during a very intense dinosaur coloring battle.

I tried to keep my birthday cake as a keepsake, but it kept mysteriously shrinking every time I walked past it with a fork.

I saved my first A+ math test as a keepsake, just to prove to future me that I did, in fact, understand fractions once.

I kept the empty popcorn bucket from the movie as a keepsake, and also as emergency proof that I can eat my own body weight in snacks.

Mom kept my first drawing as a keepsake, even though everyone in the picture looks like a potato with legs.

At the attic box, Ana found a small cloth bag. She drew out a button, then a coin, then a tiny stone, each a keepsake. She lifted a ribbon, another keepsake; she held a ticket, a keepsake; she smiled at an old note, the keepsake she had hoped for. She kissed the keepsake and felt complete.

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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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