🇬🇧🇪🇸 tot - niño pequeño : English Lesson

Meaning of "tot" ("niño pequeño"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A tot is a very young child, usually just learning to walk and talk. Tots are small, playful, and often need a lot of help from grown‑ups, like being carried, fed, or having their shoes put on. People sometimes use the word “tot” in a cute way to talk about little kids.

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

A tot fed his broccoli to the houseplant and whispered, “Don’t tell my mom.”

A tot put cereal in his pocket “for later emergencies of hungriness.”

The tot tried to whisper a secret but it came out louder than a marching band.

A tot laughed so hard at her own knock‑knock joke that she forgot the punchline forever.

The tot put stickers on the cat and proudly announced, “Now it’s decorated.”

At the pond, a tot drops a bright stone and watches it sink. A second tot, curious, reaches and cries as the stone slips deeper. The first tot bravely leans, fingers trembling, and lifts the stone. Both tots grin; the rescued tot hugs the brave tot, and they clap, proud and calm at the warm shore.

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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