Nervio in english
pronunciation: nɜrv part of speech: noun
nervio = sinew ; nerve.
Example: Such sentiments provide the heart, soul, and sinew of comics.Example: Injury to a nerve can stop signals to and from the brain causing muscles not to work.more:
» alterar los nervios = upset + Posesivo + nerves .
Example: Noises upset her nerves, this includes wind, rain and any noise outside after dark.» ataque de nervios = nervous breakdown ; attack of hysterics .
Example: If a program receives an instruction for which it is not programmed it will 'crash', which is the computer equivalent of a nervous breakdown!. Example: He always had a feeling of awkwardness in the zoologist's presence, and now he was afraid there would be talk about his attack of hysterics.» con los nervios a flor de piel = edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.] ; nervy [nervier -comp., nerviest -sup.] ; on edge ; highly-strung .
Example: His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations. Example: The article 'Nervy Days for Office Suppliers' reviews the present state of affairs of office automation. Example: The combination of trade deficit, budget deficit, and threat of war has international investors completely on edge. Example: He had expected more from his highly-strung dramatic finessing but the author rarely focused on personal influences or special affinities.» con los nervios de punta = edgy [edgier -comp., edgiest -sup.] ; nervy [nervier -comp., nerviest -sup.] ; on edge ; overwrought .
Example: His selection of films suggests a temperamental bias toward strong, violent, edgy scenes with killings, face-slappings, and confrontations. Example: The article 'Nervy Days for Office Suppliers' reviews the present state of affairs of office automation. Example: The combination of trade deficit, budget deficit, and threat of war has international investors completely on edge. Example: I had become quite overwrought about this problem and, of course, there was nobody to turn to.» con los nervios destrozados = nerve-frayed .
Example: Particularly useful for nerve-frayed residents of a country where manic partying often overlaps with political violence.» con los nervios por los suelos = nerve-frayed .
Example: Particularly useful for nerve-frayed residents of a country where manic partying often overlaps with political violence.» con nervios = rib [Relativo a la encuadernación] .
Example: Much the commonest grains were rib, the various moroccos, sand, and pebble; while plain (ungrained) cloth was never rare.» crispar los nervios = unnerve ; get on + Posesivo + wick ; nerves + fray .
Example: World stock markets have crumbled for a second straight day, with investors unnerved by prospects for a full-blown global financial crisis. Example: Alesha tells Laila that she's getting on her wick because it started off so well and went to pot. Example: Her nerves were fraying thin and her patience was nearly non-existent at this point.» dar un ataque de nervios = have + an attack of hysterics .
Example: He is always having terrible dreams and suffering from nightmares; and when you shout at him he has something like an attack of hysterics.» deterioro de los nervios = nerve damage .
Example: Nerve damage may mean that you no longer notice the stone in your shoe, due to loss of sensation to your feet.» guerra de nervios = war of nerves .
Example: The struggle for the release of the innocent Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya has turned into a war of nerves.» nervio ciático = sciatic nerve .
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.» nervio lingual = lingual nerve .
Example: The lingual nerve is a terminal branch of the mandibular nerve.» nervio mandibular = mandibular nerve .
Example: The lingual nerve is a terminal branch of the mandibular nerve.» nervio óptico = optic nerve .
Example: Haemorrhage was noted over the surface of the detached retina and the optic nerve head was covered by a proliferative white structure.» nervio pinzado = pinched nerve .
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.» nervios = nerves .
Example: From 1868 the terms 'neurasthenia' and 'nerves' became accepted as a diagnosis of many vague symptoms of illness.» nervios de acero = nerves of steel .
Example: Yet this 35-year-old's fragile, feminine demeanour conceals nerves of steel and a will of iron.» nervio trigémino = trigeminal nerve .
Example: This piquant sensation in the throat is due to the action of phenic substances on the tip of the trigeminal nerve.» perder los nervios = lose + Posesivo + cool ; fly off + the handle ; lose + Posesivo + head ; lose + Posesivo + temper ; lose + Posesivo + rag ; temper + fray ; nerves + fray .
Example: Not losing one's cool is essential, since it may appear as a weakness that can be exploited. Example: In other words, it is not true that homicides are commonly committed by ordinary citizens who just fly off the handle. Example: In a competitie game defeat usually goes to the player who 'loses his head'. Example: His father gave him a bag of nails, and told him to drive a nail in the fence in the backyard whenever he lost his temper. Example: A Judge has slammed a police officer who 'lost his rag' and broke the jaw of the man he was arresting. Example: He felt trapped, like a caged animal, and his temper was fraying. Example: Her nerves were fraying thin and her patience was nearly non-existent at this point.» pinzamiento del nervio = pinched nerve .
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.» poner de los nervios = get on + Posesivo + wick ; unnerve ; get on + Posesivo + nerves ; wind + Nombre + up .
Example: Alesha tells Laila that she's getting on her wick because it started off so well and went to pot. Example: World stock markets have crumbled for a second straight day, with investors unnerved by prospects for a full-blown global financial crisis. 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. Example: Presumably there are plenty more examples like this across the British rail network, I just decided to pick on this one because it winds me up each time I travel to Brighton.» puro nervio = live wire [Dicho de una persona] .
Example: The man is a live wire of nerves and predictable unpredictability.» ser puro nervio = be a (real) ball of fire ; be a real fireball .
Example: Lola was a ball of fire when she was on her game -- she could do the work of ten people. Example: She was a real fireball, a person of big, sparky energy.» ser un manojo de nervios = be a bundle of nerves ; be a nervous wreck .
Example: He doesn't remember how he felt before that game, whether he was a bundle of nerves or the picture of calm. Example: These days I'm not exactly cool, calm, and collected -- I'm more like a nervous wreck.» tener los nervios de punta = have + butterflies in + Posesivo + stomach ; have + knots in + Posesivo + stomach .
Example: It is common for someone to feel they have butterflies in their stomach when in the early stages of a relationship. Example: She had knots in her stomach from that moment on, fidgeting like a teenager on her first date.» tener los nervios en el estómago = have + butterflies in + Posesivo + stomach ; have + knots in + Posesivo + stomach .
Example: It is common for someone to feel they have butterflies in their stomach when in the early stages of a relationship. Example: She had knots in her stomach from that moment on, fidgeting like a teenager on her first date.» terminación del nervio = nerve ending .
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.