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aftos me xhtipai ta nevra mou

English translation: "he gets on my nerves" or "he drives me mad"

05:22 Feb 29, 2000
Greek to English translations [PRO]
Greek term or phrase: aftos me xhtipai ta nevra mou
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kim deutschmann
English translation:"he gets on my nerves" or "he drives me mad"
Explanation:
The correct phrase in Greek should be:
"aftos mou dinei sta nevra"
Selected response from:

Sotiria Efthimiou
Local time: 04:09
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Summary of answers provided
na +1"he gets on my nerves" or "he drives me mad"
Sotiria Efthimiou
na'he gets on my nerves' or 'he drives me mad' or 'he pisses me off'
Panayota Georgakopoulou
nahe gets on my nerves, he pisses me off, he drives me mad
Aristos Grigoriadis
naHe gets on my nerves
Anita Sullivan
naHe is doing my head in / He is getting on my nerves
Nike Vrettos


  

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11 mins peer agreement (net): +1
"he gets on my nerves" or "he drives me mad"


Explanation:
The correct phrase in Greek should be:
"aftos mou dinei sta nevra"

Sotiria Efthimiou
Local time: 04:09
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
PRO pts in pair: 4
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Nadia Fahmi (X)
agree  Egmont
1039 days
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1 hr
'he gets on my nerves' or 'he drives me mad' or 'he pisses me off'


Explanation:
The correct phrase in Greek is "Μου tη dίνeι (sta νeύρa)".

Panayota Georgakopoulou
Local time: 02:09
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3 hrs
he gets on my nerves, he pisses me off, he drives me mad


Explanation:
the correct Greek phrase is "aftos moy th dinei sta nevra"

Aristos Grigoriadis
Local time: 04:09
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15 hrs
He gets on my nerves


Explanation:
Literal translation would be
"He strikes my nerves, or he
hits on my nerves"

In the Oxford Dictionary "mou
xhtipai ta nevra mou" is translated
as an expression meaning "It gets on my nerves," and "aftos" means
"he".

Anita Sullivan
PRO pts in pair: 11
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156 days
He is doing my head in / He is getting on my nerves


Explanation:
Greek slang-

Nike Vrettos
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:09
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek, Native in EnglishEnglish
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