anxious in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for anxious in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

anxious [Am ˈæŋ(k)ʃəs, Brit ˈaŋ(k)ʃəs] ADJ

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intranquilo (intranquila)
anxious
cuando su hija sale por las noches se queda muy intranquila
when her daughter goes out at night she gets very worried o anxious o she feels very uneasy
su tardanza empezó a intranquilizarlos
she was so late that they began to get worried o anxious
intranquilizarse
to get anxious
está preocupado por la salud de su mujer/por lo que pueda pasar
he's worried o anxious about his wife's health/about what might happen
nos llenó de zozobra
it made us very anxious o uneasy
estaba inquieto porque no habían llamado
he was worried o anxious because they hadn't called
angustiar
to make … anxious
angustiarse
to become anxious
en todo momento se mostró solícito y dispuesto a ayudar
he was attentive o obliging and anxious to help at all times
se acercó muy solícita a atenderlos
anxious to be of assistance, she went over to serve them
angustiado (angustiada)
anxious
está impaciente por conocer los resultados
she is impatient o anxious to know the results

anxious in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for anxious in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

Translations for anxious in the Spanish»English Dictionary (Go to English»Spanish)

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anxious Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to keep an anxious eye on sth
no quitar los ojos de encima a algo
to be anxious about sth
estar preocupado por algo
an anxious moment
un momento de preocupación
to be anxious to do sth
estar ansioso por hacer algo
to be anxious for sth
estar ansioso por algo
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According to the tradition, some humans were not satisfied with these gifts and anxious to see what heaven looked like.
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Although he had high expectations for his daughter, her father was anxious to protect her and opposed her decision to go to medical school.
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These volunteers spent an anxious night, then joined battle in the morning.
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On verandas, in kitchens, in the old talk, in her waking reveries and anxious dreams, she has heard their stories.
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When someone begins to feel anxious, breathing rhythms change from slow constant breaths to quick, short breaths (also known as hyperventilating).
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His main works concern anxious psychotic syndromes, psychotic disorders problems, subject of psychiatry, and the classification of mental disorders.
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Hereby an apprehensive person is generally more susceptible to pain the more anxious he or she is about it.
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They create a vague sense of anxious coercion, of asserted significance, of the author insisting on his terms and inventions.
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He was anxious to be remembered, and to be accepted.
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Sufferers may feel anxious when he/she makes a mistake, and usually even a minor mistake fears the worst.
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