العروسة متوترة، بس جاهزة.

A common Egyptian pronunciation is:

el-ʿarūsa metwattera, bass gāhza.

A simpler learner-friendly version:

el-aroosa metwattera, bass gahza

Notes:

• العروسة = el-ʿarūsa
• متوترة = metwattera
• بس = bass
• جاهزة = gāhza / gahza

The ع sound in العروسة is the Arabic letter ʿayn, which does not exist in English. Many beginners approximate it at first, and that is normal.

In Egyptian Arabic, the present tense of to be is usually not stated.

So:

• العروسة متوترة literally looks like the bride nervous
• but it means the bride is nervous

The same applies to:

• جاهزة = ready
• so العروسة جاهزة = the bride is ready

This is very normal in Arabic. In the present tense, Arabic often leaves out is / am / are.

In Egyptian Arabic, العروسة usually means the bride.

The base word is عروسة = bride.

With الـ added, it becomes العروسة = the bride.

A useful related word:

• العريس = the groom

So:

• العروسة متوترة، بس جاهزة. = The bride is nervous, but ready.
• العريس متوتر، بس جاهز. = The groom is nervous, but ready.

Because they are describing a feminine noun.

• العروسة is feminine
• so the adjectives must also be feminine

That gives us:

• متوترة = nervous, feminine
• جاهزة = ready, feminine

Compare with the masculine forms:

• متوتر = nervous, masculine
• جاهز = ready, masculine

So:

• العروسة متوترة، بس جاهزة
• but العريس متوتر، بس جاهز

This is standard adjective agreement.

Here, بس means but.

So:

• متوترة، بس جاهزة = nervous, but ready

In Egyptian Arabic, بس is extremely common in speech for but.

Be aware that بس can also mean only or enough, depending on context. For example:

• أنا عايز واحد بس = I only want one
• بس! = Enough! / Stop!

But in your sentence, it clearly means but.

It is very natural in Egyptian Arabic, and most Arabic speakers would understand it easily.

What feels especially colloquial here is بس for but.

In more formal Modern Standard Arabic, you might see something like:

• العروس متوترة، لكنها جاهزة.

Differences:

• العروسة is common in Egyptian
• العروس is the more standard/formal form for the bride
• بس is colloquial
• لكن / لكنها is more formal for but

So your sentence is a very normal Egyptian-style sentence.

الـ is the Arabic definite article, meaning the.

So:

• عروسة = a bride / bride
• العروسة = the bride

In Egyptian Arabic, الـ is usually pronounced more like el- or il-, not al-.

So learners often say:

• el-ʿarūsa

Also, in العروسة, the ل of الـ is pronounced normally because ع is not a “sun letter.” So there is no assimilation here.

متوترة often means nervous, tense, or stressed depending on context.

In this sentence, nervous is the most natural English translation.

So the word can carry a feeling of:

• emotional tension
• anxiety
• being on edge

For a bride before a wedding, متوترة is very natural and idiomatic.

Yes. That would also be correct.

Compare:

• العروسة متوترة، بس جاهزة.
  • emphasis first on her being nervous
• العروسة جاهزة، بس متوترة.
  • emphasis first on her being ready

Both are grammatical. The difference is mainly what idea you want to highlight first.

In this sentence, متوترة and جاهزة are not directly attached adjectives inside a noun phrase like the nervous bride. They are the predicate of the sentence:

• العروسة = the subject
• متوترة = nervous
• جاهزة = ready

So structurally, this is more like:

• The bride [is] nervous
• The bride [is] ready

That is why the noun comes first and the describing words come after it.

If you wanted to say the nervous bride as one phrase, Arabic would also place the adjective after the noun:

• العروسة المتوترة

So in Arabic, adjectives generally come after the noun anyway.

The masculine version would be:

العريس متوتر، بس جاهز.

That means: The groom is nervous, but ready.

Notice the adjective changes:

• feminine: متوترة / جاهزة
• masculine: متوتر / جاهز

This is a very useful pattern to learn:

• feminine often adds ـة
• masculine often has no ـة ending