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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")/
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.
“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.”
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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.
“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.”
Estar hecho polvo
To be completely wiped out, physically or emotionally destroyed. In Spain, "hecho polvo" describes an exhaustion so total there's nothing left: it applies equally to running a marathon and to receiving devastating news.