🇬🇧🇪🇸 nosy - entrometido : English Lesson

Meaning of "nosy" ("entrometido"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

If someone is nosy, they keep trying to peek, listen, or ask about other people’s secrets or private stuff, even when it’s none of their business.

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

Our nosy dog listened at the bathroom door like I was giving a secret press conference in there.

Grandma’s nosy plant seemed to lean closer every time we whispered in the living room.

The nosy robot kept asking, “What are you doing? What are you doing now? How about now?” until we unplugged it.

Dad said the vacuum cleaner wasn’t nosy, but it kept sneaking up behind us to see what crumbs we were dropping.

My nosy brother hid under the table just to hear what kind of pizza we were ordering.

The nosy neighbor pressed his face to the fence, nosy fingers peeking through the slats as children hid a small cake. A nosy dog answered with a wag and nosy sniffs. The children giggled; the nosy neighbor stared until one child waved him in. He blushed, nosy no more, and joined their quiet party.

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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