be bilingual

Frequency: 8.025.5 per million words

Describes the state of being able to speak two languages.

bilingualVERBS + bilingual

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Examples (10)

  • He is virtually bilingual in Spanish and Portuguese.
  • I am bilingual in English and French.
  • After a year in Montreal, she hopes she will be fully bilingual.
  • Many children in this region are bilingual from a very young age.
  • Are you bilingual, or do you only speak English?
  • My grandfather was bilingual, speaking both Italian and German fluently.
  • If I had grown up in Canada, I would probably be bilingual.
  • Being bilingual offers significant cognitive advantages.
  • She has been bilingual since childhood.
  • It's a huge advantage in the job market to be bilingual.