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How to Say "stage fright" in Spanish

The Spanish word for “stage fright” is “nervios” — A1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.

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nounA1
performance anxiety
A small, wide-eyed character with sweat beads on its brow, hugging itself tightly and shaking slightly, illustrating extreme anxiety or jitters.

Examples

Tengo muchos nervios antes de la presentación.

I have a lot of nerves/anxiety before the presentation.

¿Puedes darme un vaso de agua? ¡Estoy de nervios!

Can you give me a glass of water? I'm so nervous!

Ella trató de calmar sus nervios respirando profundamente.

She tried to calm her nerves by breathing deeply.

Always Plural for Anxiety

When talking about the feeling of anxiety, 'nervios' is almost always used in the plural, even though 'nervousness' is singular in English.

Using the Singular

Mistake: “Tengo nervio.”

Correction: Tengo nervios. (Use the plural form when describing anxiety.)

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