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nervio

nerve

noun NEHR-byoh Rare
Body & Health Body Parts

Origin: From Latin 'nervus' (sinew, nerve).

Also means

nerve (courage)

Usage Note

Nervio has a literal anatomical sense (nerve fibre) and a figurative one in the plural — nervios means 'nerves' as in anxiety: estar de los nervios ('to be a bundle of nerves'). The colloquial phrase ¡qué nervios! expresses anxious agitation. A single nervio can also mean the tendon or sinew in a cut of meat.

Examples

"El dentista tocó un nervio."

Natural Translation

The dentist touched a nerve.

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