🇬🇧🇪🇸 shopaholic - adicta a las compras : English Lesson

Meaning of "shopaholic" ("adicta a las compras"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A shopaholic is someone who loves shopping so much that they want to keep buying things even when they don’t really need them, like toys, clothes, or gadgets, just because it feels exciting and fun.

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

I’m not a shopaholic, I just support the economy every time I see a ‘Buy 1 Get 10 Free’ sign.

Grandpa claimed shopaholics are silly, then bought 12 identical fishing hats because ‘they were on sale.’

A true shopaholic doesn’t window-shop; they look at the window and say, ‘I’ll buy that too.’

I realized I was becoming a shopaholic when my shopping list just said: ‘Everything that looks cool.’

My baby brother is a snack shopaholic—he points at every shelf in the store and screams, ‘Mine!’

Anna burst into the mall like a shopaholic on a hunt. The shopaholic touched every dress, the shopaholic smiled at each sale, the shopaholic filled bag after bag. At the till the shopaholic watched her card decline and she froze, then laughed and walked home with one coat, still a happy shopaholic.

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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