Also means
irritable
Usage Note
Nervioso uses estar to describe a temporary state (estoy nervioso = 'I am nervous right now') and ser to describe a habitually anxious personality (es muy nervioso = 'he is a very nervous person by nature'). The same ser/estar distinction applies to many emotional adjectives in Spanish.
Examples
"El candidato estaba nervioso antes de la entrevista."
Natural Translation
The candidate was nervous before the interview.
Related Words
Explore Spanish by topic