🇬🇧🇪🇸 echo - repetir : English Lesson

Meaning of "echo" ("repetir"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

To echo means to say or think the same thing that another person already said or thought, almost like you are being their “voice copy.” When you echo someone, you repeat their idea or words because you agree, or because you weren’t really thinking of your own words. It’s like your brain is using their thoughts as a microphone and playing them again.

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

The teacher said, "Any questions?" and my brain echoed, "Any questions?" but my mouth echoed, "Nope," even though I understood absolutely nothing.

When the cool kid said, "Math is actually fun," the rest of us painfully echoed it, hoping maybe saying it would somehow make it true.

The coach shouted, "We can win this!" and the benchwarmers echoed, "We can win this!" while trying to remember which direction our goal was.

When my friend yelled, "I love pizza!" the entire lunchroom echoed, "I love pizza!" like we were in a cheesy cult.

The teacher said, "Reading is power," and my bookworm friend echoed, "Reading is power," while dramatically flexing a paperback novel.

On the cliff a child shouts 'Hello!' Gulls echo the cry, friends on the rocks echo it, old bells echo the call, and the sea seems to echo everything. Villagers echo the child's shout along the lane. The child laughs, heart light, as strangers echo back at sunset with smiles.

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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