Nerves and calm
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| el nervio | nerve |
| los nervios | nerves, nervousness |
| tranquilizar | to calm down, to reassure |
| el pensamiento | thought |
| la conciencia | conscience; awareness; consciousness |
| la presencia | presence |
| consigo | with himself, herself, themselves |
In the plural, los nervios is usually the feeling. In the singular, el nervio is usually the one in your body, the one a dentist kills.
| In the interview, my nerves betrayed me. | En la entrevista, los nervios me traicionaron. |
| The dentist had to kill the nerve of the molar. | El dentista tuvo que matar el nervio de la muela. |
Calming someone down
Tranquilizar takes an object: you calm someone else, or something calms you. To calm yourself down, Spanish adds se: tranquilízate.
| The doctor reassured the family. | La médica tranquilizó a la familia. |
| Her presence calms me down. | Su presencia me tranquiliza. |
One word, three meanings
La conciencia is your conscience, your awareness of something, and your consciousness. The sentence tells you which:
| I have a clear conscience: I haven't done anything wrong. | Tengo la conciencia tranquila: no he hecho nada malo. |
| He lost consciousness for a few minutes. | Perdió la conciencia durante unos minutos. |
Consigo
After con, the reflexive sí (the form after other prepositions: para sí) becomes consigo, as mí → conmigo and ti → contigo. Use it only when it points back to the subject; otherwise say con él, con ella. It often comes with mismo, which agrees: consigo misma.
| My grandmother talks to herself when she cooks. | Mi abuela habla consigo misma cuando cocina. |
| He always carries his mobile with him. | Siempre lleva el móvil consigo. |
Consigo is also I get, from conseguir; the context tells them apart.
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