Ideges
Ideges
Meaning:
nervous
Pronunciation:
Example sentences:
Nem kell idegesnek lenni, ha valaki nem veszi fel rögtön a telefont.
There’s no needto get nervous just because someone doesn’t pick up their phone immediately.
[Not must nervous-to be, if someone not picks up immediately the phone(acc.).]
Anyukám mindig ideges volt, ha későn értem haza.
My mom was always nervous if I got home late.
[Mom-my always nervous was, if late-on arrived-I home.]
Related terms:
feszült – tense, strained
feszültség / feszkó – tension / tension colloquially abbreviated (often used in natural speech)
aggodalom / aggódás – worry (n.)
aggódik – to worry
ideg – nerve
idegeskedik – to worry, to feel nervous
idegesség – nervousness
Not to be confused with:
idegen – strange, stranger (n.)
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