crispar los nervios

Language: es

1.
SpainLatin Americaneutralcolloquial
- To irritate or annoy someone intensely.
- To provoke feelings of anger or exasperation in a person.
2.
SpainLatin Americaneutralcolloquial
- To make someone tense, anxious, or nervous.
- To cause physiological or psychological tension in a person.

Examples:

ES: Son expertos consumados en crispar los nervios.
EN: They past experts at plucking nerves.
ES: Ninguno de ellos es de confianza. ¡Solo para crispar los nervios!
EN: Not to be trusted... out to stretch the nerves!
ES: Jane, creo que, creo que estar en este edificio cada día está empezando a crispar los nervios.
EN: Jane, I think, um... I think being in this building every day is starting to freak you out.

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