"have butterflies in one's stomach" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-have butterflies in one's stomach.ogg [Australia] Forms: has butterflies in one's stomach [present, singular, third-person], having butterflies in one's stomach [participle, present], had butterflies in one's stomach [participle, past], had butterflies in one's stomach [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> butterflies in one's stomach}} have butterflies in one's stomach (third-person singular simple present has butterflies in one's stomach, present participle having butterflies in one's stomach, simple past and past participle had butterflies in one's stomach)
  1. To experience a certain “fluttery” physical sensation in one's stomach, associated with nervousness, uncertainty, anxiety, apprehension, or excitement. Wikipedia link: butterflies in the stomach Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (Translations): tenir papallones a la panxa (Catalan), 忐忑不安 (tǎntèbù'ān) (Chinese Mandarin), 七上八下 (qīshàngbāxià) (Chinese Mandarin), 小鹿亂撞 (lovestruck) (Chinese Mandarin), 小鹿乱撞 (xiǎolùluànzhuàng) (Chinese Mandarin), have sommerfugle i maven (Danish), vlinders in de buik hebben (Dutch), olla perhosia vatsassa (Finnish), avoir des papillons dans le ventre (French), Schmetterlinge im Bauch haben (German), Hummeln im Hintern haben [colloquial] (German), פרפרים בבטן (Hebrew), a torkában dobog a szíve (Hungarian), ideges (Hungarian), izgul (Hungarian), aggódik (Hungarian), avere le farfalle nello stomaco (Italian), 胃がきりきりする (i ga kiri-kiri suru) (alt: いがきりきりする) (Japanese), puku āmaimai (Maori), ha sommerfugler i magen (Norwegian), mieć motylki w brzuchu [imperfective] (Polish), ter frio na barriga (english: um) (Portuguese), estar com frio na barriga (english: um) (Portuguese), име́ть мандра́ж (imétʹ mandráž) [imperfective] (Russian), tener mariposas en el estómago (Spanish), ha fjärilar i magen (Swedish), diken üstünde oturmak (Turkish), відчувати хвилювання (vidčuvaty xvyljuvannja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-have_butterflies_in_one's_stomach-en-verb--bexQAiI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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      "word": "פרפרים בבטן"
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