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nerve / nervio
nerve
A. -noun
1. (anatomy, botany) nervio (m)
a. my nerves are on [edge] = tengo los nervios de punta
b. it/he [gets] on my nerves = me pone los nervios de punta or me saca de quicio
c. to be [living] on one'noun nerves = vivir en estado de tensiónoun constante
d. to have nerves of [steel] = tener nervios de acero
e. to [strain] every nerve to do something = hacer un esfuerzo supremo por hacer algo
2. nerves
(=tension) nerviosismo (m), nervios masculine plural, excitabilidad (f) nerviosa
·she suffers from nerves
·padece de los nervios, sufre trastornos nerviosos
a. a [fit] of nerves = un ataque de nervios
b. to be in a [state] of nerves = estar muy nervioso, estar hipertenso
3. (=courage) valor (m)
a. he didn't [have] the nerve to do it = no tuvo el valor de hacerlo
·I wouldn't have the nerve to do that!
·¡yo no me atrevería a hacer eso!
b. to [hold] or [keep] one'noun nerve = mantenerse firme, no amilanarse
c. to [lose] one'noun nerve = perder el valor, rajarse *
d. it [takes] some nerve to do that = hace falta mucho valor or mucha sangre fría para hacer eso
4. (=cheek) caradura (m) / caradura feminine (f), cara (m) / cara feminine (f)
·of all the nerve!
·the nerve of it!
·what a nerve! ¡qué caradura! *, ¡qué frescura! *
a. you've [got] a nerve! = ¡qué cara tienes! *, ¡eres un caradura! *
b. he [had] the nerve to ask for money = tuvo la cara de pedir dinero *
B. -transitive verb
·to nerve o.noun. to do something
·armarse de valor para hacer algo
C. -compound
·nerve cell -noun neurona (f), célula (f) nerviosa
·nerve centre
·nerve center
(United States) -noun centro (m) nervioso (figurative) punto (m) neurálgico
·nerve gas -noun gas (m) nervioso
·nerve specialist -noun neurólogo (m) / neuróloga (f)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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