Spanish Word of the Day
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
nervios
plural noun: nerves
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In English and Spanish, things can get on your nerves. Notice the structure of the phrase poner a alguien de los nervios.
¿Qué le pone de
los nervios ? What gets on your nerves?Me ponía delos nervios tener que estar limpiando continuamente. Having to clean up all the time used to get on my nerves. -
You can also describe yourself as having your nerves on edge, with the phrase estar de los nervios:
¿Qué le pone de
los nervios ? What gets on your nerves?Me ponía delos nervios tener que estar limpiando continuamente. Having to clean up all the time used to get on my nerves.Con tanto rumor, estoy delos nervios . What with all this noise, my nerves are on edge.
