🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

nervosismo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: n/a

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Nervousness/ˈnɜːvəsnəs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Cercò di superare il suo nervosismo."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A state of acute nervous mental tension or anxiety.

    "He tried to hide his nervousness before the big presentation."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the adjective 'nervous', from Latin 'nervosus' meaning sinewy or vigorous, later shifting in English to mean easily agitated or fearful, combined with the noun-forming suffix '-ness'.

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