🇬🇧🇪🇸 twitchy - nervioso : English Lesson

Meaning of "twitchy" ("nervioso"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

“Twitchy” describes someone who feels nervous, worried, or jumpy, and their body shows it with quick, jerky little movements—like shaking a leg, blinking fast, or fidgeting so much they can’t sit still or look relaxed.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

I get twitchy when Mom says, “We need to talk,” like my bones are suddenly made of jumping beans.

I got so twitchy during the spelling test that my pencil did more dancing than writing.

My eye got twitchy in class, and my teacher thought I was winking at her math problems.

My brother gets all twitchy when he smells broccoli, like his body is trying to escape without him.

Our dog gets twitchy when we say “bath,” but he somehow hears it even when we spell it.

She sat on the bus, thumb twitchy on her phone, leg twitchy under the seat, eye twitchy as it blinked at every stop. The whole hand was twitchy, making the screen jump. A child laughed, the driver smiled, and she breathed out, the twitchy storm easing into a quiet smile.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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