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/Sounds like "teh" (as in "ten") + "NEHR" (as in "net") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "ehs" (as in "egg") + "TOH" (as in "toll") + "mah" (as in "mark") + "goh" (as in "go") + "EHN" (as in "egg") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "gahr" (as in "garden") + "GAHN" (as in "garden") + "tah" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

That knot in your stomach when nerves kick in hard before something big. More intense than butterflies, it's the full-body physical reaction when your body starts panicking before your brain has a chance to calm things down.

Examples

Tenía el estómago en la garganta antes de la presentación.

My stomach was in my throat the whole time before the presentation.

Me entró el estómago en la garganta cuando vi que me llamaban del trabajo.

My stomach dropped the moment I saw work was calling.

Regional synonyms

To share or repost someone else's content on your own social media, the digital version of word of mouth. Repostear is how content spreads like wildfire across Spanish-speaking social media: one share leads to another and suddenly everyone's talking about it.