la
feminine
/ansjeˈðað/
#3343 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
anxiety
Word origin
From Latin anxietas ('anxiety'), from anxius ('troubled, uneasy'), from angere ('to choke, distress').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- anxietas
- English cognates
- anxiety, anguish, anger
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralansiedades
Examples
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The anxiety would not let me sleep.
mucha .
I feel a lot of anxiety before an exam.
recetó .
The doctor prescribed her something for the anxiety.
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Breathing slowly helps to calm the anxiety.
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The waiting gives me terrible anxiety.
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