Nerve in spanish
pronunciation: neɹ̩bioʊ part of speech: noun
nerve1 = nervio.
Example: Injury to a nerve can stop signals to and from the brain causing muscles not to work.more:
» be a bundle of nerves = ser un manojo de nervios.
Example: He doesn't remember how he felt before that game, whether he was a bundle of nerves or the picture of calm.» frayed nerves = crispación, crispamiento, irritabilidad.
Example: Frankly, frayed nerves are so common among divorcing couples that virtually every horrible behavior imaginable can occur during divorce.» get on + Posesivo + nerves = exasperar a Alguien, sacar de quicio, sacar de las casillas, poner de los nervios, tocar los cojones.
Example: But the old printers were men who got on each other's nerves and lost their tempers; who had moments of disastrous clumsiness; and who improvised and botched without hesitation whenever their tools or materials did not precisely meet the needs of the moment.» grind on + Posesivo + nerves = enervar, exasperar, sacar de quicio.
Example: We can often see in someone's face, or hear in his response to us, the times when we are grinding on his nerves.» have + a lot of nerve = tener cara, tener caradura, tener mucha cara, tener mucha caradura, tener morro, tener mucho morro.
Example: He has a lot of nerve complaining about Arizona's immigration law - when all the state wants to do is protect itself against a flood of illegal immigrants from his country.» have + a nerve = tener cara, tener caradura, tener mucha cara, tener mucha caradura, tener morro, tener mucho morro.
Example: Well, Henry certainly has a nerve if he says that Anne is not fit for him because she looks like a horse.» have + some nerve = tener cara, tener caradura, tener mucha cara, tener mucha caradura, tener morro, tener mucho morro, ser muy descarado, ser muy atrevido, ser muy fresco.
Example: I was thinking out loud to myself, this man has some nerve trying to cheat on someone, with his gay looking ass, especially my sister.» have + the nerve(s) to = tener la osadía de, osar, tener el valor de, atreverse a, tener el atrevimiento de, tener la cara de, tener la desfachatez de, tener la frescura de, tener la desvergüenza de, tener el descaro de.
Example: And then, to rub salt in the wound, Adobe had the nerves to sent me an automated email announcing that the issue was fixed.» hit + a (raw) nerve = poner el dedo en la llaga, provocar, irritar.
Example: Based on their account, it seems obvious that Beauperthuy hit a raw nerve among some of the medical research leaders of the day.» it + take + a lot of/some nerve to = se + necesitar + muchas agallas para, se + necesitar + muchos cojones para, se + necesitar + mucho valor para.
Example: After building a career of seven years, it takes some nerve to make a radical left turn and start again from scratch.» life nerve of, the = vida de, la; savia de, la.
Example: Socialist propaganda is the very life nerve of the movement -- upon its success or failure depends the destiny of Socialism.» lingual nerve = nervio lingual.
Example: The lingual nerve is a terminal branch of the mandibular nerve.» lose + Posesivo + nerve = perder el valor.
Example: One wondered, did daring first-year students lose their nerve at the last minute and kneel as evidence that their audacity in approaching this 'holy of holies' was tempered by the proper reverence?.» mandibular nerve = nervio mandibular.
Example: The lingual nerve is a terminal branch of the mandibular nerve.» nerve agent = gas nervioso, gas neurotóxico.
Example: The survivors described the public decapitation of women 'accused of loose morality,' and the use of mustard gas and nerve agents against opponents of the regime.» nerve cell = neurona.
Example: In real life, nerve cells in the brain must integrate thousands of inputs.» nerve centre, the = centro neurálgico, el.
Example: A national library is the most obvious institution to act as the nerve centre of an interloan system.» nerve damage = deterioro de los nervios.
Example: Nerve damage may mean that you no longer notice the stone in your shoe, due to loss of sensation to your feet.» nerve ending = terminación nerviosa, terminación del nervio.
Example: The cardiologist suspected that the neuropathy might be affecting the nerve endings around his heart, that its numbing sensation might be blocking his pain.» nerve-frayed = con los nervios destrozados, con los nervios por los suelos, crispado, irritado, exasperado, tenso.
Example: Particularly useful for nerve-frayed residents of a country where manic partying often overlaps with political violence.» nerve gas = gas nervioso, gas neurotóxico.
Example: The classic example, quoted for generations by librarians, is the request for information on how to pick locks, but an up-to-date instance posing a similar problem for the librarian would be an enquiry about the manufacture of nerve gas.» nerves = nervios.
Example: From 1868 the terms 'neurasthenia' and 'nerves' became accepted as a diagnosis of many vague symptoms of illness.» nerves + fray = crispar los nervios, perder los nervios, perder la calma, perder los papeles.
Example: Her nerves were fraying thin and her patience was nearly non-existent at this point.» nerves of steel = nervios de acero.
Example: Yet this 35-year-old's fragile, feminine demeanour conceals nerves of steel and a will of iron.» nerve-wracking [nerve-racking] = angustiante, exasperante.
Example: A program should always tell the operator what it is doing once an instruction has been given: there is nothing more nerve-wracking than to enter a command and have the screen go totally blank!.» optic nerve = nervio óptico.
Example: Haemorrhage was noted over the surface of the detached retina and the optic nerve head was covered by a proliferative white structure.» pinched nerve = nervio pinzado, pinzamiento del nervio.
Example: Electromyograms can detect abnormal muscle electrical activity in conditions such as pinched nerves, damage to the peripheral nervous system, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, disc herniation, and others.» sciatic nerve = nervio ciático.
Example: Sciatica, or pain along the sciatic nerve, can cause pain, weakness, numbness and tingling from the lower back down the back of the leg to the toes.» strike + a nerve (with) = poner el dedo en la llaga, provocar, irritar.
Example: His plethoric prose produced by a prodigious placement of words struck a nerve.» touch + a (raw) nerve = poner el dedo en la llaga, provocar, irritar.
Example: Obama's election seems to have touched a raw nerve in conservative white America, unleashing a torrent of right-wing rage unseen in this country.» touch on + a raw nerve = tocar donde duele, poner el dedo en la llaga.
Example: Adults should treat books children read for the pertinent present they reveal with more caution and wariness since they touch on raw nerves.» trigeminal nerve = nervio trigémino.
Example: This piquant sensation in the throat is due to the action of phenic substances on the tip of the trigeminal nerve.» upset + Posesivo + nerves = alterar los nervios.
Example: Noises upset her nerves, this includes wind, rain and any noise outside after dark.» war of nerves = guerra de nervios.
Example: The struggle for the release of the innocent Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya has turned into a war of nerves.» what a nerve! = ¡qué caradura!, ¡qué cara más dura!, ¡qué frescura!, ¡qué desfachatez!, ¡qué descaro!.
Example: And the last time I saw him he had the nerve to ask if I would marry him, what a nerve!.» work up + the nerve(s) = armarse de valor, hacerse de valor, armarse de coraje, echarle coraje, hacerse de coraje.
Example: After that, he gave her a ride home every day for weeks before he finally worked up the nerve to ask her to go to the movies with him.nerve2 = enervar, irritar.
Example: But there's something which has nerved me before with the forum.more:
» nerve + Reflexivo = armarse de coraje, armarse de valor, echarle coraje, echarle valor, hacerse de coraje, hacerse de valor.
Example: Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran are nerving themselves for a confrontation that could turn into a general war if things were to get out of control.» unnerve = enervar, inquietar, crispar los nervios, poner nervioso, poner de los nervios.
Example: World stock markets have crumbled for a second straight day, with investors unnerved by prospects for a full-blown global financial crisis.