nervoso
Italian
Etymology
Adjective
nervoso (feminine singular nervosa, masculine plural nervosi, feminine plural nervose)
- (medicine, anatomy) nervous, nerve (attr.)
- irritable, touchy, cross
- tense, unquiet, nervous, jumpy, high-strung, high-spirited
Synonyms
- (irritable etc): irritabile
- (tense etc): agitato, teso
Noun
nervoso m (plural nervosi)
- (familiar) ; irritability, bad mood
Synonyms
Derived terms
- esaurimento nervoso
- nervosamente
- nervosità
- nervosismo
- innervosire
- innervosirsi
- sistema nervoso
Related terms
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
nervōsō
- dative masculine singular of nervōsus
- dative neuter singular of nervōsus
- ablative masculine singular of nervōsus
- ablative neuter singular of nervōsus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nervōsus (“sinewy; nervous”), corresponding to nervo + -oso.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /neʁ.ˈvo.zu/
- Rhymes: -ozu
Adjective
nervoso m (feminine singular nervosa, masculine plural nervosos, feminine plural nervosas, comparable)
- (of a person) nervous (easily agitated)
- (of a person) nervous; anxious
- Synonym: ansioso
- (anatomy) nervous (relating to the nerves)
- Synonym: neural
- (colloquial, of a person) needlessly angry
- Synonym: bravinho
Derived terms
- nervosidade
- nervosismo
Related terms
Noun
nervoso m (plural nervosos, feminine nervosa, feminine plural nervosas)
- a person who is often nervous
- (colloquial) a person who is often needlessly angry
- (colloquial) a nervous feeling
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