Kilo Lingo

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feminine

/ansjeˈðað/

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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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This word is part of lesson 67.