la
feminine
/aŋˈɡustja/
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Translation
anguish, distress, anxiety
Word origin
From Latin angustia ('narrowness, tightness'), from angustus ('narrow'), from angere ('to choke, to press tight').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- angustia
- English cognates
- anguish, anxiety, anger
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralangustias
Examples
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She felt a deep anguish before the exam.
llenaba .
The waiting filled me with distress.
¡ !
What anguish it is to hear nothing from them!
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He lived through the weeks of the illness in distress.
¿ tanta ?
Why do you feel so much anxiety about the future?
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