What does 'tréma' mean in Czech?
Host Yemi A. D. o trémě a pozvání do show
B2 Czech listening practice · Standard Czech · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
Tréma is the Czech word for stage fright. It came in from Latin tremor (trembling) via theater jargon and now covers anything from a school recital to a job interview. The flavor matters: tréma points at the buzzy, hands-cold, voice-quavers feeling, not generic anxiety. Doctors talk úzkost, actors talk tréma.
Czech performers often frame tréma as fuel. In this clip, choreographer Yemi A.D. says: « mám vždycky trému, ale je to vlastně dobře, protože ta tréma mě vždycky vybičuje k tomu, abych byl jako na špičkách » (I always get tréma, but actually it’s good, because tréma whips me up so I stay on point). The nerves do the work.
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Source: OpenSubtitles 2024 + FineWeb-2 (MorphoDiTa lemmas) (general) · OpenSubtitles 2018 (HermitDave) (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
- ▸On Czech talk shows like Show Jana Krause on Prima and 7 pádů Honzy Dědka on TV Barrandov where guests describe pre-show nerves
- ▸In Czech theater and culture coverage in Divadelní noviny and the culture sections of Aktuálně and Seznam Zprávy when actors talk opening-night rituals
- ▸In Czech dance and music coverage of choreographers like Yemi A.D. on ČT art and casting shows like Česko hledá SuperStar on Nova
- ▸In Czech school and amateur theater (ZUŠ, ochotnické soubory) where teachers normalize tréma as part of stepping on stage