Usage Note
Nervo is used both anatomically (il nervo ottico = the optic nerve) and idiomatically. Dare sui nervi means to get on someone's nerves, and avere i nervi means to be on edge or irritable. The plural i nervi is especially common in these colloquial expressions.
Examples
"Quel rumore mi dà sui nervi."
Natural Translation
That noise gets on my nerves.
Literal Translation
That noise to-me gives on-the nerves.
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