The patient's family faced an anxious wait while doctors performed the surgery.Le tocaba una angustiosa espera a la familia del paciente mientras los doctores llevaban a cabo la cirugía.
you'd better go home, your mother will be anxiouses mejor que te vayas a casa, tu madre estará preocupada or inquieta
to be anxious about sthestar preocupado por algo
are you anxious about anything?
he was anxious about starting his new joble preocupaba empezar en el nuevo trabajo;I'm very anxious about youme tienes muy preocupado
to becomeorget anxiousponerse nervioso
there's no point in getting anxious. we'll know the answer soon enoughhe gets very anxious whenever he sees a dog
to feel anxiousestar preocupado;estar inquieto
with an anxious glancecon una mirada llena de preocupación or inquietud
in an anxious voiceen un tono angustiado
he was thought too weak at first by his anxious parents even to play with other children
2(worrying)[+situation, wait]angustioso;[+hours, days]lleno de ansiedad;angustioso
it's been a very anxious time for meha sido un periodo muy angustioso para mí;he pasado un periodo lleno de ansiedad;it was an anxious momentfue un momento angustioso
3(keen)
he's anxious that nothing should go wrongno quiere que exista el más mínimo riesgo de que algo salga mal;no quiere de ninguna manera que nada vaya mal;I am very anxious that he should goquiero que vaya a toda costa;she is anxious to see you before you gotiene muchas ganas de verte antes de que te vayas;I'm not very anxious to gotengo pocas ganas de ir;anxious to please her mother, she cleaned the housedeseosa de or deseando agradar a su madre, limpió la casa
to be anxious for reformdesear or ansiar una reforma
he is anxious for resultsestá deseoso de or ansioso por ver resultados;to be anxious for promotion/successansiar or ambicionar un ascenso/el éxito;he was anxious for her to leaveestaba impaciente por que ella se marchara;tenía muchas ganas de que ella se marchara
4(Med)(Psychology and Psychiatry)[+feeling]de angustia;[+person]que padece de ansiedad
some anxious people will benefit from psychotherapy
to be anxiouspadecer ansiedad
Here are some practical steps you can take to help deal with anxious feelings: Whenever anxiety strikes, take a deep breath and then exhale as slowly as possible