🇬🇧🇪🇸 period - período : English Lesson

Meaning of "period" ("período"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A period is a block of time that has a beginning and an end. It can be short, like a five‑minute period to brush your teeth, or long, like a period of one year at school. We use the word “period” to talk about how long something lasts or to divide time into neat pieces, like a game period, a class period, or a period in history.

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

I set a period of ten minutes to do homework and a period of three hours to celebrate finishing it.

For a short period, my dog believed he was a cat and tried to jump on the windowsill.

I went through a period where I thought broccoli was tiny trees and refused to eat the forest.

The history lesson was about a period when people sent letters instead of weird face pictures.

For a brief period, Grandpa tried to speak “cool kid language” and invented words none of us understood.

Tom sits on a bench at school. One period the sky is blue and Tom plays. In the next period rain comes and Tom must wait. A long period of rain makes him sad. After one more period the sun is back. Tom runs out to play and smiles at the end of the period.

This word is at the A2 level, which means it’s useful for simple, everyday situations. You might use it when shopping, traveling, or talking about your hobbies. Words at this level help you build confidence in practical, routine conversations.

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